There is a piece here by Andrei Martyanov from his blog today which I think is quite useful when taken together with another from Nightvision on the Saker blog, also today. The links are provided below and, if you care to you can read the whole thing there, but I want to put some things... Continue Reading →
Summarising the Now
I'm going to put together a number of reports today, which together I think form a picture of where things are at in the liberation of Ukraine. Firstly, to dispel any illusions about the treatment of Ukraine POWs in Russian hands, and I think there is much video evidence of a similar nature, I share... Continue Reading →
Is It End Of Phase 1 Yet?
At long last it begins to appear the first phase of Russia's 'Special Military Operation' in Ukraine is drawing to a close (although I have said that a couple of times before) - if not just yet, then very soon. After Sunday's offered surrender message, which most of the trapped Ukie forces - Mainly Azov... Continue Reading →
Sunday Surrender Offer to All Mariupol Militants
Intercepted radio messages from the remaining beleaguered militants trapped in Mariupol declare their desperate plight. Out of food and ammunition they beg for Kiev to allow them to surrender. Kiev says no, you die there or you will be executed on return. Russian armed forces offer another, more clement, way, more humane way, to leave.... Continue Reading →
The United States – A State of Hypocrisy
Every year about this time the US State Department issues its report on Human Rights. Always a hypocritical statement of everyone else's problems in an unfair and unfriendly world the US has itself, through its own misguided foreign policies, helped to create. Each year this is an act of sheer hypocrisy on the part of... Continue Reading →
Russia’s Apparent ‘Loss’ in Ukraine Strengthens Argument for Finland/Sweden to Join NATO – Something Must Be Done About That
Ask (almost) anyone outside Russia about the conflict in Ukraine and they will say Russia is losing it. There is nothing silly or unbalanced about that, because that is exactly how it looks if you read the media and look at maps. There is very little of Ukraine under Russian boots after more than almost... Continue Reading →
Have We Forgotten the Importance of Oil & Gas to Modern Society?
"They really don't know that there is an entire industry – oil and gas chemistry. They really don't know that for half a century now, humanity has been making almost everything from hydrocarbons that is not stone, iron, wood, or quartz glass."Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich - journalist, columnist for the newspaper VZGLYAD So, Europe thinks it can still... Continue Reading →
Could Not Not Share This…
Specifically applicable to the west... Origin unknown, found on The Automatic Earth
Welcome News From Mariupol
Thank goodness some common sense still prevails among the military of Ukraine. Over 1,000 members of the 36th marine infantry brigade - the same unit from which there were several hundred members who laid down their arms to surrender to DPR forces a couple of days ago. Some of those earlier POWs volunteering to guide... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 