Russian ruble is scam

[Argoo]

Good job, CIA! I believe CIA operatives have done a very good job. They have achieved artificial division of Russia and Ukraine despite it being one people.

Of course they managed to do it because they found lots of willing assistants (traitors) among the elite of Ukraine. By the way in Russia we also have a lot of traitors among the elite but at this time they are afraid of losing their highly paid jobs  if they let their true feelings to be discovered.

As regards your statement that the number of Ukrainians switching to Ukrainian language this is true mostly for a young generation because all these young people have been bombarded with anti Russian propaganda during at least 20 years, basically all their lives. So they have been brought up with an idea that Russia is their mortal enemy #1. In fact the US should be their mortal enemy #1 but I believe that sooner or later more and more Ukrainians will come to their senses and understand that they are just being used by the US as a cannon fodder because in fact the neocons in the US are very glad and happy that large quantities of Russians and Ukrainians are being slaughtered in the front line.    

Practice shows that if Russia appeals to any neighboring people that these are fraternal peoples and especially that they are a single people, then this means that in fact Russia wants to absorb these people and forcibly Russify them. The fact that this will happen soon follows a change in their rhetoric, that such a people does not exist and, in general, that this is an artificially created state. This already means that in the near future the Russians want to kill you. This was on the eve of the attack on Ukraine, and is now being seen in relation to Kazakhstan and other states neighboring Russia.

Now Putin’s Russia is trying to destroy Ukraine as a state and Ukrainians as a nation. Moreover, he does this in the most brutal and cynical way, every day shelling almost all cities and other populated areas of Ukraine, trying to intimidate and intimidate Ukrainians. This is a favorite technique of Russia, which in fact, to this day, is a prison for various nations and nationalities, forcibly conquered and annexed to it in different periods.

Therefore, it was not the CIA that divided Ukraine and Russia into two hostile camps, Putin’s Russia did this with its phased attack on Ukraine and it does it very well, so that this process happens as quickly as possible. What could be more convincing for young Ukrainians about the true intentions of the Russians than to see how Russia is methodically destroying residential buildings, schools, hospitals, churches throughout Ukraine, trying to leave Ukrainians without housing, water, light and heat, periodically causing environmental and other disasters , and also indiscriminately robs, kills and rapes civilians.

Therefore, I may disappoint you. Having shown its true face with a wolfish grin, for many generations Russia will be the worst enemy for Ukrainians of all ages, which must be feared and avoided. But the United States and European countries will be associated for Ukrainians as those who came to their aid in difficult times.

[gloffs]

What you posted above is one more piece of US neocons propaganda full of lies and misinformation. CIA is notorious for it's mastery in lies and misinformation.
The Russian army does not kill Ukrainians. Just have a look at how well Ukrainian captured soldiers are treated and contrast this with how Ukrainian nazies torture and maim any Russian soldiers who have been captured on the front line.
Totaly different behavior.
The problem is that the Western MSM does not provide true reporting of the situation, there is a lot of lies and propaganda that dehumanises Russia and the people of Russia.

[gloffs]

Here is the latest article by James Rickards on the Ukainian war. This author does not lie and gives a true account of the events.

Putin Doesn’t Bluff

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Jim Rickards
JIM
RICKARDS

Dear Ian,

Two weeks ago, the Congress passed (and President Biden signed) four key pieces of legislation related to national security.

Three of the bills provided assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. They received the most attention. The one that got the least attention was a mixed bag of provisions, such as a forced divestiture of TikTok.

Included in that bill was something called the REPO Act that authorizes the president to steal any Russian assets, including U.S. Treasury securities, that come under U.S. jurisdiction.

The impact of the REPO Act is limited by the fact that only about $10 billion of Russian sovereign assets are actually under U.S. jurisdiction. Yet the act contemplates that this theft will be a down payment on a much larger theft to be conducted by NATO allies in Europe.

$290 billion of Russian sovereign assets are being held in Europe. The act says that the assets stolen by the U.S. will be contributed to the Common Ukraine Fund.

No doubt, the U.S. will be the most powerful voice in the administration of the $290 billion common fund. The U.S. goal is to use the G7 summit in Apulia, Italy on June 13–15 as a platform for getting the other G7 members to go along with the Common Ukraine Fund and to steal any Russian assets under their jurisdiction.

So these people think that Russia will simply accept this act of theft without retaliating?

“Mirror Imaging”

One of the persistent problems in intelligence analysis is what experts call “mirror imaging.” This is jargon for an analytic flaw in which the analyst assumes that his beliefs and preferences are shared by an adversary. Instead of looking at the adversary as he actually is, the analyst is looking in a mirror while assuming he is looking at the adversary.

This is an extremely dangerous flaw.

You may be rational, but the mullahs who rule Iran are not. You may believe that leaders want economic growth, but Communist Chinese leaders elevate the party over all other considerations including the well-being of their people.

You may assume that Houthi rebels in Yemen want to avoid attacks by the U.S., but they don’t care — they live in caves anyway, so you can’t bomb them into the Stone Age because they’re already there.

Nowhere is this flaw more apparent today than in the U.S. intelligence analysis of Vladimir Putin. In 2008, President Bush said that Ukraine and Georgia should join NATO. A few months later, Putin invaded Georgia, annexed part of its territory and destroyed Georgia’s chances of joining NATO.

Putin Doesn’t Bluff

In 2014, the U.S. backed a coup d’état in Ukraine that deposed a duly elected leader. Three months later, Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine and made it part of the Russian Federation. In 2021, NATO began formal processes to admit Ukraine as a member.

In February 2022, Russia began a special military operation that’s resulted in 500,000 dead Ukrainian soldiers. Some estimates are even higher. Ukraine’s chances of joining NATO are now zero.

In every case, U.S. analysts did not believe Putin would take the steps he did because they thought it might somehow weaken Putin or Russia. That’s mirror imaging at its worst. The truth is Putin doesn’t bluff. When he says he will do something, he does. When he says he will react to some Western act, the reaction takes place.

Putin said if the West steals Russian assets, Russia will retaliate by seizing billions of dollars of direct foreign investment in Russia owned by major European companies such as Siemens, Total, BP and others.

And sure enough, just days after Biden signed legislation to authorize the theft of Russian assets, a Russian court ordered $440 million be seized from JPMorgan.

The escalation in the asset seizure war has begun. Putin will win in the end. Unfortunately, escalation is also increasing on the geopolitical front. The U.S. and some of its European allies are becoming increasingly desperate about Ukraine’s ability to hold off Russia on the battlefield.

Short on Weapons, Short on Men

The recent $61 billion aid package for Ukraine (about two-thirds of which will go to U.S. defense companies) won’t be nearly enough to reverse the tide. The U.S. and its NATO allies have already given just about all they can afford to give Ukraine without jeopardizing their own security.

The problem isn’t a lack of money but a lack of weapons and ammunition. Before the aid package was approved, critics complained that Ukraine was losing because the U.S. was withholding desperately needed materiel. But that’s not really true.

The Europeans could have simply bought the weapons from the U.S. and delivered them to Ukraine. They didn’t. Why? Because the weapons simply weren’t there. Yes, there will always be a supply of weapons flowing to Ukraine — they’re not going to run out completely.

But Ukraine won’t have nearly enough weapons and ammunition to undertake meaningful offensive operations against the Russians. They’ll just have enough to keep them in the fight, which is the goal of NATO.

Unfortunately for Ukraine, the problems run much deeper than a lack of equipment. They’re also running out of trained manpower. Former commander Valeriy Zaluzhny has suggested Ukraine needs an extra 500,000 troops. But they’re having trouble finding new volunteers. An estimated 650,000 fighting age men have fled Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the Russian army is even larger than it was before the invasion, and Russian industry is churning out weapons and ammunition at astonishing rates.

Will France Cross the (Dnieper) Rubicon?

When you add up Ukraine’s lack of equipment and manpower shortages, you understand why the West is becoming increasingly desperate.

France’s Emmanuel Macron is continuing to say he might send French troops to Ukraine. Just days ago, he reaffirmed that he wouldn't rule out sending troops if Russia broke through Ukrainian front lines and Ukraine requested it.

Well, it’s only a matter of time until Russia breaks through Ukraine’s remaining primary defenses east of the Dnieper River. Of course Ukraine is going to request French troops since Macron himself made the offer.

Would they be sent to western Ukraine in order to free up Ukrainian soldiers stationed there to go to the front?

Or would they send French troops to the front, thinking that Russia wouldn’t fire on them out of fears of starting a war with France? France is a nuclear power. It has a limited nuclear arsenal (mostly consisting of four ballistic missile submarines).

So France might believe it can deter Russia from advancing.

But Russia has already targeted French “mercenaries” in a missile strike some months back (they were likely Ukrainian and Russian members of the French Foreign Legion). And Russia has warned France that it will attack French soldiers if it sends them to Ukraine.

Remember, Putin doesn’t bluff. But it’s not just France suggesting a willingness to send troops to Ukraine.

Countdown to Nuclear War

I’ve been warning about the dangers of escalation since the U.S. committed itself to Ukraine’s defense. Unfortunately, it’s playing out exactly as I predicted.

On 60 Minutes last night, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said, "We can't let Ukraine fall because if it does, then there's a significant likelihood that America will have to get into the conflict — not simply with our money, but with our servicewomen and our servicemen."

Ukraine’s going to fall, one way or the other. It might not be this year or even next year, although those are possibilities. But it will happen.

If Jeffries is correct that the U.S. will commit its military to confront Russia directly, then we’re signing ourselves up for a nuclear war because that’s where military confrontation will ultimately lead.

Every major simulated war game between the U.S. and Russia ends up going nuclear in the end.

Are we really prepared for that?

Regards,

Jim Rickards
for The Daily Reckoning

[Argoo]

Here is the latest article by James Rickards on the Ukainian war. This author does not lie and gives a true account of the events.

I think that it was not worth copying the entire article of some James Rickards onto almost a whole page on this forum. To do this, it was enough to briefly outline the essence of what you want to draw the attention of forum readers to and make a link to this article.
In the article, the author presents events and facts in a biased manner and fully supports the actions of Putin and Russia to interfere in the internal affairs of other states by force.

Thus, an article by James Rickards says: “In 2008, President Bush said that Ukraine and Georgia should join NATO. A few months later, Putin invaded Georgia, annexed part of its territory and destroyed Georgia’s chances of joining NATO... In 2014 year, the United States supported a coup in Ukraine, which overthrew the legally elected leader. Three months later, Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine and made it part of the Russian Federation."
Putin is doing everything the way Hitler did on the eve of World War II. Rickards admires, in my opinion, both. As a result of this, Putin will end his life in much the same way as Hitler. The only difference is that Putin does not have the courage to commit suicide and he will probably be helped with this.

In the examples of the actions of Putin’s Russia in relation to Georgia and Ukraine, in which they have the right to independently determine their foreign and domestic policies, here Rickards does not even hide the fact that these were acts of direct military aggression by Russia towards neighboring states. And this is a direct violation of the UN Charter and all kinds of international agreements and obligations of Russia. If Putin and the Russian people believe that they can ignore any international norms and universal human values, then this is already a diagnosis.

As for the possible confiscation of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves, which are located outside its borders, in favor of Ukraine, the international community here has already clearly determined that Russia is the aggressor in this war and it is she who is responsible for the negative consequences of this aggression. And for the pleasures of destroying, robbing, killing and raping, you have to pay. Any criminal must pay the victim of the attack, including his property. These are generally accepted rules of behavior in any civilized society. And there is no difference here in that Russia is not a civilized state.

[gloffs]

It is very funny to read the following:

Putin is doing everything the way Hitler did on the eve of World War II. Rickards admires, in my opinion, both. As a result of this, Putin will end his life in much the same way as Hitler. The only difference is that Putin does not have the courage to commit suicide and he will probably be helped with this.



and then after liquidating Putin the US would be able to continue plundering Russia of its resources and turning Russia into a third world country and exploiting Russia and its people like you did it in the 90ies.
No more. Yankee, go home.

I am afraid, my dear friend, that in november elections the dems will lose and the war in Ukraine will come to an end. The slaughter between Russians will come to an end and someone in Washington will be displeased by this turn of events. 
 

[gloffs]

I think that it was not worth copying the entire article of some James Rickards onto almost a whole page on this forum. To do this, it was enough to briefly outline the essence of what you want to draw the attention of forum readers to and make a link to this article.


I would have done it if I had a link but unfortunately this is a freshly written article and it is still not available in any archive but I guess it would be available as a URL link in a day or two.

Here is an extract from the post in the 5 bullets regarding the Ukrainian conflict copied from here:
https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/todays-issue-is-not-about-politics
It is not long:

Mailbag: War Is No Joke

You made a joke of the war in Ukraine,” a reader writes, “but tens of thousands of Ukrainians are suffering and dying, sometimes touched in ways hard to imagine.

“Please watch this video about one city that was occupied at the beginning of the war and then tell me, or better yet tell them, they are a laughing matter.

“I am a new member of Paradigm but I’m disappointed by this publication.”

Dave responds: We assume you’re writing about last Wednesday’s edition, but… where’s the joke?

Perhaps there’s irony that Kyiv’s bar scene is thriving — but wars have unpredictable ways of altering the flows of money. You’re offended we pointed it out?

No, we find no humor in the fact that Western leaders are content to feed young (and, increasingly, middle-aged and old) Ukrainians into a meat grinder in the name of power politics and “weakening” Russia (the secretary of defense said that)... or Washington fighting the war “to the last Ukrainian” (Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said that)... or American leaders viewing the war as “a very good bargain” for the United States (a State Department official said that).


and one more extract from the same source copied from here: https://paradigmpressroom.com/post/ukraines-mayday

Ukraine’s Mayday

Albeit, this X-tweet is a bit misleading: The CBS Mornings piece is from July 2023. Nonetheless, according to an article published last week at Wine Enthusiast, Ukraine’s bar scene is still humming.

“On my second night in town in the Ukrainian city of Lviv,” writes freelancer Adam Robb, “I was enjoying happy hour at Siaivo, a two-story Art Deco coffee shop and bar, when an air raid siren sounded from my phone.

“The day before,” he says, “I was encouraged to download Air Alert, an early-warning app developed by the Ukrainian government and voiced by Mark Hamill — yes, Star Wars’ Luke Skywalker — who was now warning me to proceed to the nearest shelter.

“No one [was] going anywhere,” Mr. Robb says. “The bar was actually filling up.”

So as you can see Putin is not so bloodthirsty as you say he is.

[Argoo]

It is very funny to read the following:

Putin is doing everything the way Hitler did on the eve of World War II. Rickards admires, in my opinion, both. As a result of this, Putin will end his life in much the same way as Hitler. The only difference is that Putin does not have the courage to commit suicide and he will probably be helped with this.

Current researchers and historians note that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin acts “according to Hitler’s manual.” There are several undeniable facts in this regard.

   - In 1938, Germany invaded Austria, calling it “reunification.” In 2014, Putin captured Crimea and the dictator’s rhetoric was and remains the same “reunification.” The Russians even came up with a holiday - March 18, the day of the reunification of Crimea with Russia. At the same time, as in Austria, a pseudo-referendum was also held in Crimea, designed to legitimize the annexation.

  - In 1938, the pro-Nazi Sudeten-German Party provoked major unrest in the border areas of Czechoslovakia, turning to the German leadership with a request for help. Taking advantage of the numerical and military advantage, Germany annexed the Sudetenland (as well as part of the territories of the Czech Republic and Moravia), which were 90% populated by Germans. Hitler explained this by protecting the rights of Germans living in the region and speaking German. The situation is absolutely similar to the beginning of the war in Donbass in 2014, where the Russians came to “save” Russian speakers.

  - In his speeches, Hitler questioned the existence of the Czechs as a nation, referring to it as the “so-called Czech nation” and accusing the Treaty of Versailles of creating the “abnormal state of Czechoslovakia.” Russian dictator Putin claims in his speeches that “in fact, Ukraine has never had a tradition of real statehood.” He attributes the creation of a nation that predates the founding of Moscow to "Bolshevik Russia." As a result, Hitler denied statehood to Czechoslovakia, and Putin did the same in relation to Ukraine.

   - Vladimir Putin’s televised address on February 24, 2022 is very reminiscent of Hitler’s radio speech on September 1, 1939. Putin spoke of the “great lie” that he constantly repeated in Hitlerian style, namely that the Ukrainian government had been allegedly torturing and killing the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine for years. At the same time, Hitler justified the attack on Poland on the grounds that the German minority there was deprived of rights and subjected to torture. Both the Fuhrer and the President of the Russian Federation stated that they would not fight against civilians. Both lied.

- In February 2022, Putin tried to repeat the German blitzkrieg. The Russian dictator attacked Ukraine hard and fast, and planned to capture Kyiv within days. True, he did not count on how powerfully the Ukrainian people would fight back.

- In its propaganda, the Kremlin acts according to the methods of the Nazis. Thus, both dictators constantly said that they were supposedly trying to resolve the issue “peacefully.” In Putin’s interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson on February 9, the Russian dictator said that Poland itself was allegedly to blame for the attack on it by Nazi Germany. In 1939, the Poles allegedly “left” Hitler no other choice but to attack them. According to Putin, “the Poles got too carried away and forced Hitler to start World War II.” Putin also noted that the war began with Poland because it “was intractable.” They say that Hitler peacefully asked the Poles to give them the Danzig corridor, which Germany lost after losing the First World War. However, the Poles refused to do this. With such statements, Putin is trying to justify his attack on Ukraine, which also “allegedly turned out to be intractable” and “forced” itself to be attacked. https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2024/02/9/7441182/

  - During Adolf Hitler's speech to the Third Reich in 1939, he adheres to the line that he does not attack anyone or speak out "against" anyone. He protects Germany from outside attack. Hitler constantly repeats this, supposedly the Jews should attack his country, and he defends its existence. Another of Hitler’s “universal missions” was to protect the planet, and he presented this “mission” as a “positive value.” He wanted to free all of Europe from a bad, “degenerate” government. Putin adheres to a similar line. In his speeches, which directly or indirectly relate to the war in Ukraine, he constantly emphasizes that they want to attack Russia, thus shifting responsibility to the “external enemy,” whom he calls “Nazis.” First, the Ukrainians were “Nazis” and “fascists,” then, according to his logic, they became the Poles, the French and other European peoples who took the side of Ukraine and provide it with support.
https://nv.ua/ukraine/events/propaganda-putina-i-gitlera-sravnenie-podhodov-i-posledstviy-vide

[gloffs]

Your comparison of Putin to Hitler is ridiculous to the point of absurdity. Nothing can be further from the truth.
Let's rewind time some 80 years ago and recall which methods were used by Hitler to crush the countries that he was invading. He sent bombers to Moscow and other cities and bombed them till the last bomb. He did not spare any government buildings.

Now let's get back to today and let's see the methods used by Putin. Why wouldm't he give a clear order to fire and bomb the government buildings? Mr Zelensky travels all over the country here and there and for some strange reason not any missile explodes in the vicinity of Mr Zelensky or any other state representative from Europe. The leaders of Europe visit Kiev all the time but for some strange reason nothing endangers their scheduled trips to Kiev.

One of the main goals of Hitler was to assassinate Stalin and other military leaders but Putin does not want to kill Zelensky or any other government official.
 
Don't you find it strange?  Why does not Putin act like Hitler?
Any ideas, anyone?

You know here in Russia patriots of Russia are puzzled by such weird military methods employed by Putin. Doesn't it look like he would like to come to some sort of an agreement with his western partners?
One day the Russian army takes action and fires upon the Ukrainian positions and military installations and then the other day public speakers of Russia try to get across to the West that they don't want this war. Doesn't it look strange to you?

Have you ever heard that Hitler would attack one day and then hold negotiations the other day?

Putin's actions clearly show that he does not want this war and all he wants is Ukraine to be demilitarized and denazified.

By the way did Putin kill any Ukrainian people in Crimea when Crimea was annexed? As far as I know all people in Crimea were very eager for Russia to annex Crimea as soon as possible and protect them from bloodthirsty nazies in Ukraine.

What have you been smoking lately or have you got too many covid shots?

[gloffs]

Can you imagine a situation whereby Hitler would sell oil and gas to his enemies and would send gas through a pipleline that goes across the country being invaded? What is is this? Is this Hitler?
If Putin is Hitler then you are Joseph Goebbels.  
Do you understand why I compare you with Joseph Goebbels?
Because he was a very talented propagandist who said that if you repeat a lie 1000 times then everyone would start believing it. That's exactly what you are doing here in this forum.

[gloffs]

Here is the latest news that I have just watched:

1. Many female bloggers in Ukraine are switching from Ukrainian mova over to Russian language. That's wonderful!
2. Many intelligent operatives in the West are starting to openly ask the following question: could it be that Mr.  Zelensky in fact is an agent of Putin? What do  you think about it?
3. One of my favourite action actors has always been Steven Seagal. it turns out that Mr. Seagall received a Russian passport from Putin, he openly supports Russia and Putin. European Union is planning to impose sanctions on Steven Seagal for hir pro Russian position. Aren't they afraid of the secret combat techniques that this gentelman has mastered?  I would be afraid of his secret technique of poisoned touch if I were in their shoes.   

[Argoo]

Your comparison of Putin to Hitler is ridiculous to the point of absurdity. Nothing can be further from the truth.
Let's rewind time some 80 years ago and recall which methods were used by Hitler to crush the countries that he was invading. He sent bombers to Moscow and other cities and bombed them till the last bomb. He did not spare any government buildings.

Now let's get back to today and let's see the methods used by Putin. Why wouldm't he give a clear order to fire and bomb the government buildings? Mr Zelensky travels all over the country here and there and for some strange reason not any missile explodes in the vicinity of Mr Zelensky or any other state representative from Europe. The leaders of Europe visit Kiev all the time but for some strange reason nothing endangers their scheduled trips to Kiev.

One of the main goals of Hitler was to assassinate Stalin and other military leaders but Putin does not want to kill Zelensky or any other government official.
 
Don't you find it strange?  Why does not Putin act like Hitler?
Any ideas, anyone?

From the first days of Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, Russia attacked Kyiv with both planes and missiles. But after seven Russian planes were shot down in 11 minutes of battle over the skies of Kyiv, the air attacks stopped.
https://www.unian.net/war/zenitchik-rasskazal-kak-v-nachale-voyny-oboronyali-nebo-nad-kievom-novosti-kieva-11928549.html

  But the Russians continue to attack Ukraine and its capital, Kyiv, with missiles and drones almost every day. Thus, on the night of May 8, the Russian invaders launched a new missile attack on the peaceful cities of Ukraine and Kyiv in particular. During the attack, Daggers, Iskanders and Calibers were used, four of which were fired from a submarine. In total, the Russians used 76 air attack weapons. Among them were 55 missiles and 21 attack drones. The air force managed to destroy most of the air targets launched by the enemy, namely:
  - 33 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles;
  - 4 cruise missiles "Caliber";
  - 2 guided aircraft missiles X-59/X-69;
  - 20 attack UAVs of the "Shahed-131/136" type.
All air targets over Kyiv were shot down. There, Russia has not yet been able to “pierce” the air defense of Ukraine. But Kharkov and Odessa are now suffering greatly from Russian missile attacks.
https://24tv.ua/ru/massirovannaja-ataka-8-maja-2024-goda-udary-po-jenergostrukture-novosti-ukrainy-24-kanal_n2550845

  Russia has already made more than ten failed attempts on the life of President of Ukraine Zelensky. As for senior officials of other states, for example, on March 6, a Russian missile struck 300-400 meters from President Vladimir Zelensky and the Prime Minister of Greece, who were then in the seaport of Odessa. Some regarded this precisely as an attempt on the life of the President of Ukraine... https://fakty.com.ua/ru/ukraine/20240308-skilky-raziv-rosiya-chynyla-zamah-na-zelenskogo-prezydent-vidpoviv/

Just yesterday, on May 8, counterintelligence and the SBU revealed another preparation for an assassination attempt on the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, as well as the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov and the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk, which was prepared by FSB agents. The operation, which was led from Russia, was carried out, in particular, by two colonels of the State Security Administration of Ukraine, who were detained. The enemy’s plans included the liquidation of Vladimir Zelensky, so FSB agents were looking for military personnel in the president’s inner circle who would take the president hostage and then kill him. Before that, the executor had to monitor the movement of the person under guard and transmit data to the Russians. The enemy planned to launch a missile strike at the house in which he would be located, then attack with drones those who would remain alive, and then hit with a missile again to hide the information that drones were used at the crime scene. According to the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk, in this way the FSB wanted to make a “gift” to the Kremlin dictator for his inauguration. But everything turned out to be a spectacular failure for the Russian special services.
https://24tv.ua/ru/fsb-gotovila-pokushenie-na-zelenskogo-kak-sbu-udalos-ego-predupredit-24-kanal_n2550945

[gloffs]

From the first days of Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, Russia attacked Kyiv with both planes and missiles. But after seven Russian planes were shot down in 11 minutes of battle over the skies of Kyiv, the air attacks stopped.
https://www.unian.net/war/zenitchik-rasskazal-kak-v-nachale-voyny-oboronyali-nebo-nad-kievom-novosti-kieva-11928549.html


Yeah, but why did they stop? The reason?

 But the Russians continue to attack Ukraine and its capital, Kyiv, with missiles and drones almost every day. Thus, on the night of May 8, the Russian invaders launched a new missile attack on the peaceful cities of Ukraine and Kyiv in particular. During the attack, Daggers, Iskanders and Calibers were used, four of which were fired from a submarine. In total, the Russians used 76 air attack weapons. Among them were 55 missiles and 21 attack drones. The air force managed to destroy most of the air targets launched by the enemy, namely:
  - 33 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles;
  - 4 cruise missiles "Caliber";
  - 2 guided aircraft missiles X-59/X-69;
  - 20 attack UAVs of the "Shahed-131/136" type.
All air targets over Kyiv were shot down. There, Russia has not yet been able to “pierce” the air defense of Ukraine. But Kharkov and Odessa are now suffering greatly from Russian missile attacks.
https://24tv.ua/ru/massirovannaja-ataka-8-maja-2024-goda-udary-po-jenergostrukture-novosti-ukrainy-24-kanal_n2550845


Well, I believe all these attacks are a retaliation against the attacks of Kiev against human targets in Donetsk and Lugansk that have been carried out during the last 10 years.

Also it is very important to note that the Russian army tries to strike only the military and infra structure targets but tries to avoid human casualties as much as possible. President Putin made it clear on many occasions that the lives of ordinary Ukrainian people must be saved.


 Russia has already made more than ten failed attempts on the life of President of Ukraine Zelensky. As for senior officials of other states, for example, on March 6, a Russian missile struck 300-400 meters from President Vladimir Zelensky and the Prime Minister of Greece, who were then in the seaport of Odessa. Some regarded this precisely as an attempt on the life of the President of Ukraine... https://fakty.com.ua/ru/ukraine/20240308-skilky-raziv-rosiya-chynyla-zamah-na-zelenskogo-prezydent-vidpoviv/


Yeah, I read about the incident but the fact that the Russian missile struck 300-400 meters from President Zelensky tells me  that this was a warning only and not an attempt to kill him.
Don't you think so?  

Just yesterday, on May 8, counterintelligence and the SBU revealed another preparation for an assassination attempt on the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, as well as the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov and the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk, which was prepared by FSB agents. The operation, which was led from Russia, was carried out, in particular, by two colonels of the State Security Administration of Ukraine, who were detained. The enemy’s plans included the liquidation of Vladimir Zelensky, so FSB agents were looking for military personnel in the president’s inner circle who would take the president hostage and then kill him. Before that, the executor had to monitor the movement of the person under guard and transmit data to the Russians. The enemy planned to launch a missile strike at the house in which he would be located, then attack with drones those who would remain alive, and then hit with a missile again to hide the information that drones were used at the crime scene. According to the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk, in this way the FSB wanted to make a “gift” to the Kremlin dictator for his inauguration. But everything turned out to be a spectacular failure for the Russian special services.
https://24tv.ua/ru/fsb-gotovila-pokushenie-na-zelenskogo-kak-sbu-udalos-ego-predupredit-24-kanal_n2550945


Well, I believe that many people surrounding Zelinsky understand what's really going on in Ukraine. So they are acting in an attempt to stop this war that kills people of Russia and Ukraine.  

[Argoo]

Well, I believe all these attacks are a retaliation against the attacks of Kiev against human targets in Donetsk and Lugansk that have been carried out during the last 10 years.

Also it is very important to note that the Russian army tries to strike only the military and infra structure targets but tries to avoid human casualties as much as possible. President Putin made it clear on many occasions that the lives of ordinary Ukrainian people must be saved.

You can think as you like, but the fact remains: Russia fires at the territory of Ukraine every day with all possible types of weapons. According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 97 percent of such attacks occur on civilian targets. Putin lied before about Ukraine, he is lying now and will continue to lie. Near the frontline zone, Russian troops directly fire conventional cannon artillery at populated areas, destroying the homes of ordinary people every day. Every day, according to morning reports in Ukraine, information is received about the shelling of approximately 120 settlements in the front-line zone with shells and mines. Every day they show the consequences of such shelling, the number of civilians killed and wounded. All this is carefully recorded, including by international experts, and will be presented as evidence at an international special tribunal where Russia will be tried for the genocide of the Ukrainian people. And the Russian citizens are either being fooled, or they just want to hear it themselves. Because even logically, if Russian troops fire about ten thousand shells a day and launch cruise missiles across Ukraine almost every day, then civilians will die from this every day. Some Russians do not want to notice this, others even call for the destruction of more Ukrainian civilians.

But karma will definitely overtake Russia for this. Higher powers are already warning Russians about floods, fires, or other natural disasters. Can you remember that on May 9 there was frost and snow in Moscow? And this is just the beginning. You can’t just attack and kill people en masse, whom you also call one people. The sooner Russia wakes up from Putin's dope, the less punishment it will receive. For the war to end and this senseless massacre to stop, Russia only needs to withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory. In Ukraine, sooner or later, every Russian soldier will find only his own death.

[gloffs]

You can think as you like, but the fact remains: Russia fires at the territory of Ukraine every day with all possible types of weapons. According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 97 percent of such attacks occur on civilian targets. Putin lied before about Ukraine, he is lying now and will continue to lie. Near the frontline zone, Russian troops directly fire conventional cannon artillery at populated areas, destroying the homes of ordinary people every day. Every day, according to morning reports in Ukraine, information is received about the shelling of approximately 120 settlements in the front-line zone with shells and mines. Every day they show the consequences of such shelling, the number of civilians killed and wounded. All this is carefully recorded, including by international experts, and will be presented as evidence at an international special tribunal where Russia will be tried for the genocide of the Ukrainian people.


I believe that this is a blatant lie. Putin does not fire at the homes of ordinary people.

And the Russian citizens are either being fooled, or they just want to hear it themselves. Because even logically, if Russian troops fire about ten thousand shells a day and launch cruise missiles across Ukraine almost every day, then civilians will die from this every day. Some Russians do not want to notice this, others even call for the destruction of more Ukrainian civilians.


Of course some Ukrainians will die from the missiles but this is the cost of a war, collateral damage.
 

But karma will definitely overtake Russia for this. Higher powers are already warning Russians about floods, fires, or other natural disasters. Can you remember that on May 9 there was frost and snow in Moscow? And this is just the beginning. You can’t just attack and kill people en masse, whom you also call one people. The sooner Russia wakes up from Putin's dope, the less punishment it will receive. For the war to end and this senseless massacre to stop, Russia only needs to withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory. In Ukraine, sooner or later, every Russian soldier will find only his own death.


The sooner the US stops meddling in Ukraine and the sooner the fascist nazies in Ukraine lose their power the sooner peace would come to Ukraine. Many Ukrainians understand that they are guilty in this war by their inactivity and indifference when Maidan took place in Ukraine. If the Ukrainian people would not have let the Maidan happen in Ukraine then all these atrocities would not happen there now.

I believe that sooner or later karma will overtake the US and we will see civil war in the US soon.

[gloffs]

Here is a link to a good article on the Ukrainian conflict written by Doug Casey:

Doug Casey on the Likelihood of Nuclear War With Russia

https://internationalman.com/articles/doug-casey-on-the-likelihood-of-nuclear-war-with-russia/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Welcome%20to%20the%20Warfare%20State&utm_campaign=05%2F08%2F2024-%20Non-DDCI%20Buyers-%20Welcome%20to%20the%20Warfare%20State&vgo_ee=Maqn2JCUEt2zhrlb8oTloWsS8AnBZcCn07gdn6BZNA%3D%3D%3AwRJMJyiumCDKTQBN5kvVgb%2Fq818CHl4Q

Here are a few excellent snippets from that article:

As far as Russia annexing Crimea and the regions of the Ukraine in question, it seems to me—from a historical point of view—that would be par for the course. Remember that borders have been flowing and ethnic groups moving for a thousand years in that part of the world. In any event, it makes no sense to take sides in disputes between nation-states. In this case, it amounts to the US sticking its nose into a border war between two shit-hole countries.

That said, being as objective as possible, I’d say that the Russians have a certain amount of right on their side. They’ve been mightily provoked since the Maidan Revolution of 2014 and the attack by the Ukrainian Army on the Donbas. It’s too bad that this is spinning out of control—largely because of US intervention. In a rational world, it would basically be worth a couple of columns on the sixth page of the New York Times and then forgotten.

Vladimir Putin recently gave a speech in which he said:

“The West is ready to cross every line to preserve the neo-colonial system which allows it to live off the world, to plunder it thanks to the domination of the dollar and technology, to collect an actual tribute from humanity, to extract its primary source of unearned prosperity, the rent paid to the hegemon. The preservation of this annuity is their main, real and absolutely self-serving motivation. This is why total de-sovereignization is in their interest. This explains their aggression towards independent states, traditional values and authentic cultures, their attempts to undermine international and integration processes, new global currencies and technological development centers they cannot control. It is critically important for them to force all countries to surrender their sovereignty to the United States.”

Doug Casey: I’ve listened to a number of Putin’s speeches.

It’s fashionable to make him out as being not only the devil incarnate but irrational and somebody that wants to conquer Europe and perhaps destroy the world in the process. But in fact, compared to all of the other European leaders, he’s the most cool-headed, the most thoughtful, and the one with the most perspective.

He is absolutely right when he says that the West is acting as a hegemon. In particular, the US has been exporting dollars for decades—which have allowed it to live way above its means—and control the world by controlling the world’s monetary system. With the dollar accepted as the international reserve currency, backed up by institutions like the World Bank and the IMF, and a giant military with bases in over 100 countries, the US can basically call the shots for other cultures and countries.

[Argoo]

The Russian army does not kill Ukrainians. Just have a look at how well Ukrainian captured soldiers are treated and contrast this with how Ukrainian nazies torture and maim any Russian soldiers who have been captured on the front line.
Totaly different behavior.
The problem is that the Western MSM does not provide true reporting of the situation, there is a lot of lies and propaganda that dehumanises Russia and the people of Russia.

Unlike Ukraine, Russia does not allow international organizations access to either prisoners of war or Ukrainian citizens in the occupied territory. This means that Russia has something to hide, and this is a fact. A good appeal to prisoners of war can be made in a staged video, although in reality the situation there is different. The Ukrainian side, using drones, has already recorded many times the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war immediately after they were captured. Such videos are also released online by the Russian military itself. This was also confirmed by relevant international organizations. Similar videos with executions of prisoners of war can also be deliberately released on the Internet so that the Ukrainian side also shoots Russian prisoners of war and thus encourages them not to surrender.

An acquaintance showed his video from the front line, where body parts of both his soldiers and Russians lay, and said that on this section of the front neither they nor the other side were taking anyone prisoner. The war is quite tough and there they have practically come to terms with the idea that they will not return home alive. Russia made a catastrophic mistake in that once again, as after the 1917 revolution, it set out to conquer Ukraine as an independent state. Then the Bolsheviks managed to do it. But now the situation is different. There is the Internet, there are social networks, and true information instantly spreads throughout the world. Therefore, Ukraine has enormous international support as a victim of aggression.

[gloffs]

An acquaintance showed his video from the front line, where body parts of both his soldiers and Russians lay, and said that on this section of the front neither they nor the other side were taking anyone prisoner. The war is quite tough and there they have practically come to terms with the idea that they will not return home alive. Russia made a catastrophic mistake in that once again, as after the 1917 revolution, it set out to conquer Ukraine as an independent state. Then the Bolsheviks managed to do it. But now the situation is different. There is the Internet, there are social networks, and true information instantly spreads throughout the world. Therefore, Ukraine has enormous international support as a victim of aggression.


It seems to me more and more that all of my writings and explanations are falling on deaf ears. One has to be very dumbed down to believe the western propaganda that Ukraine is a victim of Russia's agression,
But this does not surpise me at all because there are millions and millions of dumbed down people in the West.
But I believe that soon these people will see the light and realize that they have been duped bythe Biden administration. Now the US rapidly is being divided into 2 parts hating each other

As regards killings and torturings of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian soldiers this might be true in some isolated incidents because this is war and not a walk in the park.But on the whole Russia treats Ukrainians very well. Generally people of Slavic nationalities are quite peaceful and not cruel.

You know how cruel could be people of Asian origin in a war. Just recall the massacre of Chinese women by Japanese soldiers in China or in Korea during WW2. Neither Ukrainians nor Russians are capable of such cruelty.   .
 

[Argoo]

 One has to be very dumbed down to believe the western propaganda that Ukraine is a victim of Russia's agression,

Do you want to convince us that it was Ukraine that attacked Russia, and therefore, in reality, in this brutal war, Russia is actually the victim?
Well then, give the facts of how Ukraine attacked Russia before Russia, with the help of its Sevastopol military base of the Black Sea Fleet, captured the Ukrainian Crimean peninsula within a few days with virtually no resistance from Ukraine in 2014, since hostilities began from here and then spread to the east Ukraine. Moreover, any previous grievances, unresolved issues and conflicts, and so on, do not matter here. The aggressor or victim of aggression is determined only by the fact of the one who invaded the territory of another sovereign state with his troops, since all issues must be resolved in a civilized, political or diplomatic way.

[gloffs]

Do you want to convince us that it was Ukraine that attacked Russia, and therefore, in reality, in this brutal war, Russia is actually the victim?
Well then, give the facts of how Ukraine attacked Russia before Russia, with the help of its Sevastopol military base of the Black Sea Fleet, captured the Ukrainian Crimean peninsula within a few days with virtually no resistance from Ukraine in 2014, since hostilities began from here and then spread to the east Ukraine. Moreover, any previous grievances, unresolved issues and conflicts, and so on, do not matter here. The aggressor or victim of aggression is determined only by the fact of the one who invaded the territory of another sovereign state with his troops, since all issues must be resolved in a civilized, political or diplomatic way.


Do I have to retell you again for 101st time about how the Ukrainian army has been firing at Donetsk and Lugansk since 2014 and and how this a this artillery fire killed many thousands of innocent civilians in those two rebel provinces? Do you know how the people living in those 2 provinces were called by Ukrainian nazies? They were called Colorado bugs. Thus the people living there were dehumanised.
In 2014 a team of fascist neo nazies arrived to Odessa where they burned alive about 64 Russian speaking citizens of Odessa  who publicly spoke out against Maidan.

The people living in Crimea did not want to be terrorised like these people  in Odessa that had been brutally murdered.
And Putin saved their lives by annexing the territory of Crimea to Russia
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Everyone here knows that Crimea has alway been a territory of Russia and it was moved to Ukraine by Khrushov who wanted just to simplify bureaucratic procedures by this edict. One may say that Crimea never belonged to Ukraine.

[Argoo]

Do I have to retell you again for 101st time about how the Ukrainian army has been firing at Donetsk and Lugansk since 2014 and and how this a this artillery fire killed many thousands of innocent civilians in those two rebel provinces? Do you know how the people living in those 2 provinces were called by Ukrainian nazies? They were called Colorado bugs. Thus the people living there were dehumanised.
In 2014 a team of fascist neo nazies arrived to Odessa where they burned alive about 64 Russian speaking citizens of Odessa  who publicly spoke out against Maidan.

The people living in Crimea did not want to be terrorised like these people  in Odessa that had been brutally murdered.
And Putin saved their lives by annexing the territory of Crimea to Russia

To expose your lies, it is enough to go through the chronology of the development of events. The first in this chain of military events was the escape on February 22, 2014 of the then President of Ukraine Yanukovych on three military Russian helicopters to Crimea, where, under a lease agreement, there was a Russian military base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

  On the morning of February 23, Putin announced his decision to annex the Ukrainian peninsula. Already by that time, in the cities of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the so-called “little green men” were noticed - professional Russian military personnel without identification marks, preparing a springboard for the seizure of sovereign Ukrainian territory.

On February 27, armed people without identification marks seized the Supreme Council of Crimea and the Council of Ministers of Crimea, hanging Russian flags on them. In a building seized by armed people, local deputies scheduled a referendum “on the status of Crimea” for May 25.

On the night of February 27, the seizure of the Belbek airport in Sevastopol began - about 400 Russian troops occupied it, blocking the entrances to the territory with barbed wire. Russian planes land at the airport, and the movement of Russian equipment is recorded.

On March 1, the leader of the Russian Unity party, Sergei Aksenov, appointed by local deputies as the new prime minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, called on Putin to send Russian regular troops to Crimea - by the evening the Kremlin had made a corresponding decision. The Russian military (usually without identification marks) begins an active seizure of Ukrainian military units and infrastructure facilities on the peninsula.

The next day, March 2, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) condemned the military aggression of the Russian Federation and called for an end to the annexation of sovereign Ukrainian territory.

On March 16, at gunpoint from the Russian military, an illegal “referendum” was held in Crimea, the ballots of which contained two questions:
• “Are you for the reunification of Crimea with Russia as a subject of the Russian Federation?”
• “Are you for restoring the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Crimea and for the status of Crimea as a part of Ukraine?”
At the same time, the “ballot” assumed the answer to only one of these questions and only “yes” - by checking the appropriate box next to the question. Any mark was interpreted as a “yes” answer, while two marks invalidated the ballot. Thus, citizens could vote either “yes” or their answer would be invalidated. https://nv.ua/ukraine/politics/okkupaciya-kryma-kak-rf-provela-feykovyy-referendum-hronika-novosti-ukrainy-50010647.html

As of 2021, no state has issued official legal acts recognizing Crimea as part of Russia, although official representatives of several states (Afghanistan, Belarus, Bolivia, Syria, Sudan, North Korea) spoke out in support of the Russian position.

  Thus, Russia’s military aggression, as a result of which the Ukrainian Crimean peninsula was seized by force, occurred in February-March 2014. The date of the start of hostilities on the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine is considered to be April 12, 2014, when several dozen people, some of whom had Russian citizenship and had previously participated in the annexation of Crimea, under the command of a former Russian FSB employee Girkin, seized administrative buildings in Slavyansk, Donetsk region . But this is a completely different stage of Russian military aggression. https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8 %D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1 %81%D1%81%D0%B5

So who began to seize foreign territory by military means, and is thus the aggressor? Undoubtedly, Putin's Russia.