"American colleagues at the Pentagon told me, unequivocally, that the US and UK never would allow European-Soviet (re: EU-Russia) relations to develop to such a degree that they would challenge the US-UK's political, economic or military primacy and hegemony on the European continent. Such a development will be prevented by all necessary means, if necessary by provoking a war in central Europe." Christof LehmannFebruary 16 has come and gone without incident. The information spread by US officials and the media proved to be wrong. Russia did not invade Ukraine nor did any of the unverified warnings turn out to be true. So far, neither the media nor the administration has produced a scintilla of evidence that Russia actually planned to invade Ukraine or that the presumed invasion was "imminent." The whole thing may have been a hoax concocted by Washington to advance their regional agenda; we just don't know for sure. What we do know, however, is that no one from the administration, the media or the intelligence agencies have offered any explanation, apology or retraction for their errant predictions. Of that, we can be 100% certain.
What are we to make of this? Why would the administration stake its credibility on a prediction that was so far-fetched? And why did the media participate in the ruse when they clearly had no hard evidence to back up the claims? Did they really think Putin is so cognitively-impaired that he'd order his troops into Ukraine just to follow Washington's loony script?
No, of course not.
Then why did they do it?
Perhaps the warnings were intended to divert attention from other suspicious goings-on that are presently taking place in Ukraine. For example, why are Ukrainian oligarchs and deep-pocket elites fleeing the country en masse? Here's the story from 24-7 News Agency:
Get the picture? The "big money" guys are getting out now while there's still time. But, why? Are they concerned about the fictitious Russian legions storming Kiev or were they tipped off by insiders who have knowledge of upcoming events? Which is it?"Ukrainian oligarchs and businessmen are leaving Ukraine on charter flights. According to Ukrayinska Pravda, about 20 charters and private planes have taken off from Kiev over the past day.
According to the newspaper, the planes of Rinat Akhmetov and Boris Kolesnikov took off from Ukraine today... A private plane for 50 people was also ordered by the deputy of the Opposition Platform - For Life (OPPL) party, millionaire Igor Abramovich. According to Ukrainska Pravda, this plane is supposed to take relatives of fellow party members, as well as business partners Ukrainian oligarchs and businessmen are leaving Ukraine on charter flights". (" Ukrainian oligarchs and businessmen are leaving Ukraine on charter flights", 247 News)
And why is the CIA bailing-out at the same time? That seems a bit suspicious, don't you think? Check out this clip from an article in Tass titled: "US temporarily relocates its CIA station from Kiev":
The article doesn't explain why the CIA shut its offices and vamoosed, so we have to assume that they know something that the rest of don't. But what would that be?"US authorities have temporarily relocated the employees of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from Kiev, The New York Times reported on Tuesday citing sources. According to the sources, the CIA station was "temporarily relocated" from Kiev on Tuesday... According to its sources, the relocation of the CIA employees may complicate gathering intelligence on Russia's alleged "activity" in the country."
Typically, people do not evacuate unless they are in danger, right? So, the agents at the CIA facility must have been briefed on upcoming events [that]} would put their lives in danger. In other words, the CIA and Kiev's business elites are making for the exits before the storm hits, which suggests they were tipped off by someone who knows Washington's plan. But who could that be, and how do these oddball developments fit with the "Russian invasion" fiasco? Is there a connection?
Yes, there is, but first, let's put the "Russian invasion" meme in context. Many of the people who saw through the fakery are feeling pretty proud of themselves today, and for good reason, after all, they were right and the media was wrong. But we shouldn't lose sight of the bigger picture which is that the war-drums are beating as ferociously today as they were before the predictions proved to be wrong. Why?
It's because the media is still preparing the public for either a confrontation with Russia or something even worse. Take a look at this sampling of Wednesday's headlines:
- Russia is still building up troops near Ukraine, say U.S. and NATO, Reuters
- US secretary of state: "No meaningful pullback" of Russian forces from the Ukrainian border , CNN
- NATO says Russia is increasing troop numbers at Ukrainian border, calls for talks, CNBC
- Russia Is Continuing to Build Up Forces Near Ukraine, NATO Chief Says, WSJ
It tells you the crisis is not over. It tells you that the media is still whipping the public into a Russophobic frenzy. It tells you that Uncle Sam has something else up his sleeve that no one really expects; a surprise event that will shake things up and reframe the narrative in a way that benefits Washington and hurts Russia. That's what we can conclude from Wednesday's headline news. War is still on the docket.
Readers of this column know that we think that Washington's real objective is not Ukraine at all, but Nord Stream, the natural gas pipeline that connects Germany to Russia. Here's what makes the pipeline so important:
Bottom line: The emergence of an EU-Asia free trade zone means an end to the present global power structure in which the US plays the dominant role. It points the way to a new multipolar world order in which all the states are treated with greater equality and justice. But does anyone seriously think Washington is ready to relinquish its power and accept a place among the family of nations?Nord Stream creates the critical infrastructure needed to connect Europe's industrial powerhouse (Germany) to Russia's vast energy reserves. The link strengthens commercial ties paving the way for warmer relations, the easing of cross-border regulations and a gradual merging of the two continents into the world's most expansive and prosperous free trade zone. Nord Stream represents the energy component of China's Belt and Road initiative that will draw Europe and Asia closer together via an expansive high-speed rail system that reduces shipping costs, boosts foreign commerce and shifts the world's center of gravity eastward to Asia.
No, that's not going to happen. Not without a fight at least.
Just take a look at the Nord Stream fracas. Washington has opposed Nord Stream since its inception in 2015 and piled on the sanctions at every opportunity. Recently, however, Biden lifted the sanctions because they are so unpopular among the German people who need a source of clean energy to make up for the shortfall from (decommissioned) nuclear power plants. The problem for Washington is that - aside from the sanctions โ there are few ways to prevent the pipeline from coming on line. That means Washington will have to resort to more extreme measures like coercion, incitement and false flags. Check out this excerpt from an article at Tass on Tuesday:
Would a terrorist event of this size convince Putin that he needed to send in the troops to defend the ethnic Russians in east Ukraine?"A Lugansk resident alerted the State Security Ministry about finding an object that resembles a homemade explosive device in a trash bin at the Friendship of the People's Park
The bomb was made of a cell phone, a detonator, two TNT slabs weighing a total of 400 grams and damage agents, such as pieces of steel rods. The ministry said it had reason to believe the detonation of the device was planned for the time of a rally devoted to veterans that was scheduled for the morning of February 15.
The ministry said Ukraine's subversive groups may have been involved in the attempted attack as they seek to destabilize the situation in the LPR. The detonation of the explosive device amid a large crowd in downtown Lugansk could have inflicted injuries to civilians, the ministry said." (LPR's security forces foiled terrorist attack in Lugansk", Tass)
Probably not, but it does help to show how a terrorist attack can be used to justify retaliation and maybe even war. Let's say, for example, a small nuclear device or chemical weapon was detonated in Kiev killing hundreds of civilians and maiming thousands more. What would happen?
Would the world be shocked and horrified?
Of course.
And would political leaders around the world condemn the action and pledge to bring the perpetrators to justice?
Yes, they would.
And would the media fuel the public hysteria and use it to promote a response that advanced the interests of elites?
Yes, again.
And would members of the Ukrainian Security Services โ acting in concert with their US Law Enforcement allies- quickly round up a small cell of terrorists (allegedly) linked to Russian intelligence or Russian military, thus, placing the blame squarely on Putin's shoulders?
Indeed, they would. In fact, these frame-ups of alleged terror suspects are so commonplace in the US that rogue FBI agents have turned "entrapment" into an art-form. There's no reason to believe the practice cannot be exported to Ukraine. In short, there's no doubt that these same "alleged Russian" patsies would be swiftly processed and severely punished without ever seeing the inside of a courthouse.
And how would that effect the crisis in Ukraine?
It would provide a justification for the Ukrainian army to invade the Donbass and wipe out thousands of ethnic Russians who were in no way connected to the terrorist bombing. That, in turn, would force Putin to send his troops across the border to end the fighting and restore the peace. And that's when Washington would repudiate Russia's action by calling it "an Invasion". Which would put additional pressure on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to abandon the German-Russo pipeline project and prevent the launching of Nord Stream. This is how a false flag can be used to achieve one's geopolitical objectives. Here's an excerpt from an article at RT:
"Ukrainian commandos trained by Britain are planning a "series of terrorist attacks" in the Donbass to use as cover for a false flag operation.. Local militia spokesman Eduard Basurin said on Wednesday that Kiev will stage a provocation to accuse Russia of invading the country....
Basurin, however, insisted that he had "reliable information" suggesting six groups of saboteurs from the 8th Special Purpose Regiment of Ukrainian Armed Forces (VSU) had been trained by specialists from the UK and deployed near the line of contact. Their targets would allegedly include gas and water supply as well as power stations.
The purpose of their supposed provocation is to accuse Russia of 'false flag' attacks to prepare "aggression" against Ukraine, and to create panic among the local residents, he added....
In December, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu alleged that American private military companies had begun shipping "unidentified chemical components" to towns in the Donbass as a potential precursor to an attack...
Last week, Washington accused Russia of planning a 'false flag' attack in the separatist-controlled territory as a pretext for invading Ukraine. The allegation echoed claims of the Ukrainian government and came after CIA Director William Burns visited Kiev. Russia has rejected it as baseless, and called US insinuations of a planned invasion "fake news." ("Ukraine planning 'false flag' Donbass incident", RT)
Comment: Right on cue, only hours of the publication of this article, an attack on a gas pipeline occurred:
In the overnight hours local time a massive gas pipeline explosion is being reported, with a fire raging at the site. Early unconfirmed reports suggest the powerful explosion rocked a part of the pipeline in the pro-Russian separatist region, in or near the city of Luhansk.
Interfax is also confirming a "pipeline fire in Eastern Ukraine after a powerful explosion"... Dramatic videos were quick to emerge showing a bright fireball on the horizon.
"An explosion has rocked the city of Lugansk in eastern Ukraine late on Friday, Sputnik news agency's correspondent has reported," according to Russian media.
And reports of a second explosion have come across the news wires:
RUSSIA'S INTERFAX NEWS AGENCY REPORTS SECOND EXPLOSION IN LUHANSK IN EAST UKRAINE
What's interesting about this article, is that all three parties are accusing each other of fomenting the same illicit plan. That suggests that they all think that a false flag operation is probable in the current circumstances. In other words, the likelihood of a catastrophic mass casualty event used as a pretext for war, is no longer dismissed as a far-out conspiracy theory among the main participants in the conflict. Rather, they see it as the anticipated course of action. We agree with that conclusion. Here's more from an article at PBS:
This is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Russia gains nothing from a false flag in Ukraine because Russia's sole objective is to join the US in signing legally-binding agreements limiting the expansion of NATO and eliminating nuclear missile sites in Romania and Poland. That's it. That's all Putin wants. So, how does a provocation help to achieve those ends?"The U.S. accused the Kremlin on Thursday of an elaborate plot to fabricate an attack by Ukrainian forces that Russia could use as a pretext to take military action against its neighbor. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the scheme included production of a graphic propaganda video that would show staged explosions and use corpses and actors depicting grieving mourners.
The plan for the fake attack on Russian territory or Russian-speaking people was revealed in declassified intelligence shared with Ukrainian officials and European allies in recent days. It is the latest allegation by the U.S. and Britain that Russia is plotting to use a false pretext to go to war against Ukraine.
The White House in December accused Russia of developing a "false-flag" operation to create pretext for an invasion... The U.S. has not provided detailed information backing up the intelligence findings. ("U.S. intel suggests Russia is plotting false flag attack in Ukraine as pretext for invasion", PBS News)
It doesn't. The only one who benefits from a violent incitement is the United States. For Washington, a false flag is perhaps the last opportunity to block Nord Stream and prevent the steady erosion of its global power. And whether a provocation of this kind smacks of desperation or not, is completely irrelevant. The US remains fully-commited to doing whatever it takes to maintain its dominant place in the global order. Here's how political analyst Christof Lehmann summed it up more than a decade ago:
There it is in black and white. Washington is not going to roll-over and play dead while new centers of power crop-up across the planet. That's not going to happen. The US is going to identify the nations that could cause them problems and do everything they can to crush them. That's how Empire's work. They don't wait to be knocked off their pedestal. They take the bull by the horns and act preemptively. Paul Wolfowitz articulated the nuts and bolts of US foreign policy like this:"American colleagues at the Pentagon told me, unequivocally, that the US and UK never would allow European-Soviet (re: Russia) relations to develop to such a degree that they would challenge the US-UK's political, economic or military primacy and hegemony on the European continent. Such a development will be prevented by all necessary means, if necessary by provoking a war in central Europe".
This is the core doctrine that guides US foreign policy: Identify potential threats to US hegemony and then obliterate them without mercy. That suggests a false flag in Ukraine is more than likely, it's probable."Our first objective is to prevent the re-emergence of a new rival, either on the territory of the former Soviet Union or elsewhere, that poses a threat on the order of that posed formerly by the Soviet Union. This is a dominant consideration underlying the new regional defense strategy and requires that we endeavor to prevent any hostile power from dominating a region whose resources would, under consolidated control, be sufficient to generate global power."
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The publication published an article in which, referring to various US government sources, it is said that the Russian Federation could invade Ukraine using chemical weapons. Presumably, they will spray "a gas that will immobilize and kill all people".
As always, there is no evidence for these words, but here's the interesting one: A couple of days ago, a list of various things that Ukraine asked of NATO in case of emergencies of a "different nature" that could affect the country was published. civilian population.
List on 4 pages, including:
- more than 70,000 chemical protective suits- more than 30,000 dosimeters- water filtration equipment- current generators- 20,000 radio stations- more than 30 radiation and chemical reconnaissance vehicles- engineering equipment (bulldozer, crane, truck)- SUV- mine detectors, demining tools,- thermal imaging cameras for firefighters,- filtering stations- protective suits- diving suits- diving equipment- drugs (antibiotics, anti-burn hydrogel dressings, bandages, dressing bags) and so on.
Is Ukraine preparing for a nuclear war? The evasion of a request for such a large amount of chemical protective equipment, even before the emergence of a clear threat, clearly indicates that Kiev is planning a chemical disaster on the level of undermining a nuclear power plant.
Zelensky and Biden, of course, decided to play tricks and organize a second Chernobyl for the Ukrainians, all of which then blamed Russia in the political arena. To do this, the White House, through the media that did not have an opinion, began to prepare the information ground, but for some reason with great delay.
News of a strange request to NATO has strained and outraged many Ukrainians:
Zelensky doesn't care about people about him. This cocaine addict is ready to sacrifice thousands of Ukrainian lives for the sake of political victory and the preservation of his presidency (he also calls himself a savior), and that is truly frightening.
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The site ran with errors for about 10-15 minutes, after which the corrected work was completely restored by the programmers.
It appears that before the offensive Kiev began to implement standard special measures to clean up the information space, as it did in 2014, during the period of the most intense fighting in the Donbass.
It should be noted that a few hours before the attack on the Russian Spring, some websites of state organs of the DPR and the LPR were also the subject of DDO attacks by the Ukrainian special services.
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One possible explanation for the sudden and hasty move of the US embassy from Kiev to Lviv with the destruction of documents and servers could be an attempt to cover up the tracks in the 2016 election interference case on Hillary Clinton's side.
This version is increasingly discussed in expert circles.
The United States closed its embassy in Kiev amid "threats of a Russian invasion of Ukraine" by order of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
The destruction of the documents was discussed in a February 12 phone call between Undersecretary of State for Management and Resources Brian McKeon and House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Gregory Meeks, Hill reports.
What's behind this, he understood the "Strange" publication.
The Bidens and Sullivan's "Invasion Herald"On the move, the employees of the embassy destroyed some of the files, including, according to the official version, there were applications for green cards and raw passport documents, explaining it with a protocol for the protection of confidential information (in other words, not to fall into the hands of "enemies").
In addition, according to the Wall Street Journal, diplomats were ordered to destroy network equipment and computer workstations, as well as to dismantle the embassy's telephone system.
Details in the Department of State classified. State Department spokesman Ned Price at the briefing said he could not provide details on the destruction of documents at the US embassy in Kiev, but he said no valid passports were destroyed.
"There is a standard set of procedures we go through when we start downsizing an embassy," Price said. "We have taken reasonable precautions when dealing with confidential documents and sensitive equipment, but we are simply unable to provide details."
There is an opinion that behind the destruction of the document is actually the toxic story of the Biden family's relationship with the Ukrainian elite.
We are talking about compromising evidence relating to the work of Biden's son Hunter, who was receiving $ 50,000 a month from a Ukrainian oil company under the patronage of his father. In addition to accusations that the Ukrainian authorities, on the orders of the then White House administration, would interfere in the American elections alongside Hillary Clinton, helping her to fight Trump.
โSooner or later, Trump's team and the other Republicans will have an investigation. And already here, by a happy coincidence, all the archives are on fire. Let's not forget that in 1917 the first thing they did was burn the file from the criminal investigation department. And here, as part of the transfer of the US embassy to Lviv, the State Department itself ordered the destruction of network and computer equipment in the embassy, โโ"international journalist Nadezhda Sass wrote on her Facebook.
According to Andrew Stattaford, editor of National Review magazine, the relocation of the embassy to Lviv, and especially the destruction of documents and decommissioning of equipment, seemed like an act of surrender.
"The US response to the Ukrainian crisis is reminiscent of the Kabul fiasco," Stattaford tells us.
In the destruction of classified material, according to Andriy Telizhenko, a former employee of the Ukrainian embassy in the United States, in addition to the Bidens and the upper echelons of the Democratic Party, high-ranking American officials could also be involved (compromising evidence on which they can strike their bosses).
"For example, Mr. Jake Sullivan (the man of Obama and the Clintons, now Biden's national security adviser - spokesman for the invasion who speaks louder than" Putin's attack this week "- ed.). investigation found that he lied in his testimony on Russiagate in 2018-2019. It was found that he ordered material against Trump during the 2016 election campaign, when he worked in the Clinton campaign.
It is possible that not only the Bidens are interested in destroying some documents in Ukraine, but also senior officials who could arrange coordination with the exit of the diplomatic mission to clarify the traces of their affairs. When Sullivan began commenting on the invasion, it was reported that he was involved in the anti-Trump campaign. And what he had said earlier, under oath, was a lie.
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Facebook blocks messages on evacuation from the DPR (PHOTO) |
Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said the Facebook network administration blocked the city administration account after information posted on it about the start of the evacuation from the city.
โFriends, today the official community of the Gorlovka city administration in the social network Facebook was blocked by the administration of the site for 24 hours.
The reason for the blockade was the publication of the beginning of the evacuation of Gorlovka residents to the Russian Federation in connection with the threat of the outbreak of hostilities by the Ukrainian armed forces.
This shows once again that the information war unleashed by the Ukrainian government against the independent republics of Donbass is strongly supported by their overseas partners ", writes the head of the Gorlovka administration.
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All citizens responsible for military service residing in the territory of the DPR are subject to mobilization, which indicates that the situation in the region is critical.
It is not known how many people should be involved in the defense of the Donetsk People's Republic, but we can speak of tens of thousands of people.
On the last day, the Ukrainian army carried out nearly a thousand attacks on the territory of the self-proclaimed republics of Donbass, refusing to conduct any negotiations with the representatives of the DPR and the LPR. At the same time, experts believe that a large-scale offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces will begin within the next 36-48 hours, as the militia of the self-proclaimed republics continues to maintain the first lines of defense, preventing the armed forces of Ukraine they begin to advance on their own without significant losses.
It is difficult to predict what psychopaths would do to create war. However, it will involve killing innocent people. If Oligarchs with advance warning are running, could a nuclear option be planned? A false flag like 9/11 had multiple intended results-impacts: hiding pentagon missing funds, creating the terrorist Muslim narrative, creating fear and mobilizing the public, enacting the already written Patriot act for increased control and surveillance, and many financial. So a false flag in the Ukraine might create war, eliminate the pipeline, hide corruption in Ukraine and USA, create a narrative for a great reset, save the globalists from justice, etc.
Failing to remember history, President Biden appears condemned to repeat it.
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This quote from The Economist best characterizes the current mood of the Atlantic elites: they are in no hurry to announce the de-escalation of the situation around Ukraine, preferring to prolong the informational pumping of the relevance of the "Russian threat", the attack to Ukraine. However, in general, the current stage of confrontation between Russia and the West should already be considered over, which means that preliminary conclusions can be drawn. Who won this failed war - and what kind of war was it?
We know that Russia is nearly impossible to defeat on the battlefield unless we destroy ourselves from the inside and weaken our forces. So it was in the hot World War I and the Cold War - and we are still raking in the consequences of voluntary surrender in the latter, even in the Ukrainian direction.
But now we see a new form of confrontation: our opponents announced that we were preparing a war, they even set a date for it, they heroically tried to stop it ... technical, as in sport for non-participation, but geopolitical. And here it does not matter if the West really believed in what he himself was propagating - that is, in the reality of our aggression - or if it was a very special operation (in fact the Anglo-Saxons had both reasons). Now another thing is important: they will try to declare us defeated in the geopolitical confrontation. How successful can these attempts be?
If we talk about Russia's international reputation, then "Russian aggression prevented by the West" will not affect it in any way. You cannot sell it to anyone outside the Western public - not to China, not to India, not to the Arab world (which has learned the Syrian lesson very well), not even to Latin America (accidentally, but symbolically, the presidents of the his two largest countries, Brazil and Argentina, visited Moscow is right in the middle of the hysteria surrounding the "invasion." That is, a virtual victory in the war invented by the Anglo-Saxons will not be an advantage for them, but the disadvantages will be quite tangible .
After all, false (and deliberately false) allegations of aggression damage the inventor's reputation. And although no one in the world doubted the ability of the Anglo-Saxons to attribute anything to others, most world leaders will now conclude that this time "Akela has failed". Why he did it - out of real fear of a Russian invasion or with the aim of pressuring and intimidating Russia - doesn't matter to the rest of the world. Washington and London staged hysteria on a global scale, and now Russia has every reason to accuse them of deliberate provocation and disinformation. Any country can put itself in your place and understand what it would do in this situation. The conclusion for all will be more or less the same: everything must be done to accelerate the process of depriving the Anglo-Saxons of the very opportunity to organize an information terror of this magnitude. That is, the world should become truly multipolar even faster, so that Western intelligence special operations only cover Western countries.
However, the impact of this on Western public opinion will not be as dramatic as it seems to many now. The laurels of the "peacemaker", that is, the one who prevented the war and "stopped Putin", will not help Johnson (if he avoids resignation, then for his internal political qualities of struggle), nor Biden and the "Washington swamp". While some Americans believe Biden stopped Putin, that won't help Democrats in November stop Trump's revenge in the midterm Congressional election. are big doubts). Furthermore, after the start of the US-Russia security talks, the "defense of Ukraine" will still be directed against the Democrats, blaming them for concessions to the Russians.
They are not worried about what Putin will do today, they are worried that Russia is forcing them to abandon their plans for the Atlanticization of Ukraine, their plans for expansion to the east. To be sure, in the medium term, they already had little chance of clinging to someone else's - and true strategists like Kissinger understand this perfectly well - but they deluded themselves that this whole bagpipe with Ukraine could be dragged on for quite a while. time. Now Putin has robbed them of that illusion. They will need more time to reflect and acknowledge this fact. The fact of his own defeat in this battle (but not yet in the geopolitical war) for Ukraine.
Petr Akopov