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On Ukraine, the world majority sides with Russia over US

John V. Walsh
The Unz Review
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00 UTC
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© ShutterstockNarendra Modi • Vladimir Putin • Xi Jinping
2014 saw two pivotal events that led to the current conflict in Ukraine.

The first, familiar to all, was the coup in Ukraine in which a democratically elected government was overthrown at the direction of the United States and with the assistance of neo-Nazi elements which Ukraine has long harbored.

Shortly thereafter the first shots in the present war were fired on the Russian-sympathetic Donbass region by the newly installed Ukrainian government. The shelling of the Donbass which claimed 14,000 lives has continued for 8 years, despite attempts at a cease-fire under the Minsk accords which Russia, France and Germany agreed upon but Ukraine backed by the US refused to implement. On February 24, 2022, Russia finally responded to the slaughter in Donbass and the threat of NATO on its doorstep.

Comment: Russia: Sustainable Partnerships. US: House of Cards.

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Musk may fail in Twitter mission says Kremlin


RT
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:31 UTC
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© Screenshot/Twitter/Brown Trout/KJNBirds of a feather: Elon Musk and Twitter
The billionaire entrepreneur, and new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk is unlikely to succeed in bringing the "free speech" he has promised to the platform, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. He expressed doubts whether a "full palette" of opinions could be presented on any Western social media.
"Russia's attitude towards this company is based on the actions of this company, on censorship, selective repressive actions against the company's clients, on the distortion and manipulation of information.

"There's a question about whether a full free palette of different points of view is possible on Western social networks. We doubt this. Let's see what happens under the new owner. Now, given that this is a global company, we have already heard official voices from Europe that they will not allow absolute freedom there."
The senior EU official cautioned the billionaire against being too lax on content moderation, suggesting the platform could face a ban should it fail to abide by the bloc's rules. The EU has recently adopted the so-called 'Digital Services Act', a package of regulations designed to force social network platforms to police their content much more aggressively and to cooperate closer with regulators.
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Russia's Defense Ministry: Kiev forces fired missiles, including ballistic Tochka-U rockets, at the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine


RT
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:11 UTC
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© SputnikOTR-21 Tochka U missile systems during a military parade in Kiev Sputnik
Russia's Defense Ministry claimed on Thursday that Ukrainian forces fired more than a dozen missiles overnight at the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, which was seized by Russian troops in early March. The ministry said in a statement that Russian air defenses intercepted the rockets.

According to Moscow, late on Wednesday the Ukrainian military launched at least two 'Tochka-U' ballistic missiles as well as 12 missiles from a high-powered multiple rocket launcher, apparently targeting residential areas of Kherson. The incoming rockets were, however, shot down by the Russian forces deployed in the city. A video released by the Russian Defense Ministry appears to show the aftermath of the shelling, with what looks like missile debris seen in the footage.

The ministry branded the attack a war crime, saying the
"criminal, indiscriminate strike by the nationalists targeted residential areas along Ushakov Avenue, as well as nurseries, schools and other social infrastructure." The attack represented a "direct violation of international humanitarian law."
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Poland has secret plan for Ukraine, Moscow claims


RT
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:06 UTC
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© AFP/Janek SkarzynskPolish troops in exercise with soldiers from Britain, America and Romania in Bemowo Piskie
Intelligence obtained by Russia suggests that Poland and the US are working on a plan for Warsaw to regain control of Ukrainian areas that Warsaw considers as "historically belonging" to it, Moscow's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief Sergey Naryshkin has said.

According to the alleged plan, the first stage of this "reunification" will see Polish "peacekeepers" deployed in western Ukraine under the pretext of "protection from Russian aggression," Naryshkin outlined in a statement on Thursday.

The details of the operation are now being discussed between Warsaw and the US government, he claimed, adding that the operation is designed to be executed without a NATO mandate, and only volunteer states taking part.

Warsaw has so far been unable to find any other nations to join its cause, he added. But the Polish authorities are unconcerned by this, as they want to minimize the number of "unnecessary witnesses" to their actions. Despite their publicly declared goal of countering Moscow, the Polish troops would be deployed in parts of Ukraine where they'll have almost no chance of engaging Russian forces, Naryshkin explained.
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Footprints

New Pentagon report: US left billions worth of military equipment behind in Afghanistan

Dylan Housman
Daily Caller
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:38 UTC
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© Waki Kohsar/AFP/GettyImagesSpoils of War
The value of U.S. military equipment abandoned in Afghanistan is reportedly more than $7 billion, according to a new Pentagon report.

The U.S. gave $18.6 billion of equipment to the Afghan security forces over the course of 16 years beginning in 2005 and ending in August 2021, according to the report, which was first viewed by CNN. Out of that equipment, $7.12 billion-worth was left behind when the Biden administration completed the U.S. military withdrawal from the country last year.

Comment: US will again abandon its 'gifts' in Ukraine, where long and continued use is the plan.

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Rep. Cawthorn says 'establishment' targeting him with 'coordinated drip campaign'

Joseph Lord
The Epoch Times
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:01 UTC
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© Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty ImagesIn this screenshot from the Republican National Convention’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, North Carolina congressional nominee Madison Cawthorn addresses the virtual convention on Aug. 26, 2020.
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) is accusing certain people of targeting him with a "coordinated drip campaign" in an effort to undermine his bid to seek reelection this year.

"They're going to drop an attack article every one or two days just to try and kill us with a death by 1,000 cuts, and that is really their main strategy," Cawthorn said in an April 26 statement on Instagram.

Cawthorn, 26, has been facing backlash over several controversies, including being detained by police in North Carolina over possessing a loaded gun at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport earlier on April 26.

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War Whore

British FM Liz Truss says a 'Global NATO' needs to arm Taiwan, like Ukraine


RT
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 01:03 UTC
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© Olivier Matthys / Pool via APBritish Foreign Secretary Liz Truss at NATO headquarters in Brussels, January 24, 2022.
The world order created after the Second World War and the Cold War isn't working anymore, so the West needs "a global NATO" to pursue geopolitics anew, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss argued, in a major foreign policy speech on Wednesday. Truss also urged the US-led bloc to send more "heavy weapons, tanks" and airplanes to Ukraine, and said China would face the same treatment as Russia if it doesn't "play by the rules."

"My vision is a world where free nations are assertive and in the ascendant. Where freedom and democracy are strengthened through a network of economic and security partnerships," Truss said in a speech at a Mansion House banquet in London.

Dubbing this arrangement "the Network of Liberty," Truss argued it was necessary because the economic and security structures developed after 1945 - such as the UN Security Council - "have been bent out of shape so far, they have enabled rather than contained aggression."

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The Madeleine Albright I Knew

Joe Lauria
Consortium News
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00 UTC
The Consortium News editor-in-chief covered Madeleine Albright, who died on March 23, on a daily basis between 1993 and 1997 when she was the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Here are some of his recollections.

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Security Council President Madeleine Albright, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nov.15, 1994. (UN Photo/Evan Schneider)
Every ambassador who represents the United States at the United Nations is arguably regarded by default as the most powerful person at the U.N. It has nothing to do with the individual qualities of the American diplomat, but of the pre-eminent position the U.S. plays in the world and at the U.N.

As a correspondent based at U.N. Headquarters in New York for a quarter century from 1990 to 2015, I covered every U.S. ambassador, from the career civil servant Thomas Pickering, to the right-wing ideologue John Bolton, to the liberal interventionist Samatha Power to Madeleine Albright, who died last month and was memorialized on Wednesday.

All of them to one degree or another used U.S. clout at the U.N. to push America's aggressive foreign policy in the world. Albright was among the most aggressive. She was in the forefront of America's push for war in the Balkans and continued aggression on Iraq.

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Question

Who's aiming to eventually own everything, including you?

Dr. Joseph Mercola
mercola.com
Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00 UTC
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The 45-minute video above, "Monopoly — Follow the Money," provides a comprehensive overview of who really owns the world. As it turns out, the vast majority of the world's assets are owned by just two investment firms — BlackRock and the Vanguard Group.

Combined, they have ownership in nearly 90% of all S&P 500 firms,1 and through their investment holdings they secretly wield monopoly control over all industries. In short, the idea that there is competition in the marketplace is a clever illusion.

BlackRock Is Buying Up Homes

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Moldova rejects Kiev's offer to help 'capture' Transnistria, President of Transnistria blames recent terror attacks on Ukraine


RT
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:31 UTC
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© Getty Images / Leisa Tyler / FileThe city council with a statue of Lenin in Tiraspol, the capital city of Transnistria
Moldova has turned down the "offer" to capture its breakaway region of Transnistria by force floated by Kiev, stating that it seeks to reintegrate the self-proclaimed republic only through political means.

"The settlement of the Transnistrian issue can be achieved by political means and only on the basis of a peaceful solution, excluding military and other forcible actions, as well as on the basis of the principles of democratization and demilitarization of the region, [and] respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Moldova," the country's office for reintegration told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

The statement came in response to remarks made by Alexey Arestovich, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The official suggested the country was capable of "capturing" Transnistria should Chisinau formally request Kiev's help in conquering the breakaway region.
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