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The Sumy missile strike: War, propaganda and hypocrisy

Tarik Cyril Amar
RT
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:45 UTC
burning cars
© Ukrainian State Emergency Service/Handout/Anadolu/Getty ImagesFirefighters extinguish the cars fires following the Russian missile attack on Sumy, Ukraine • April 13, 2025
Russia's attack on a gathering of Ukrainian servicemen has become immediate fodder for the information offensive against Moscow.

On April 13, Russia launched an attack on a target in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy. All reports -Western, Ukrainian, and Russian - agree on some basic facts: The attack consisted of two ballistic missiles; substantial numbers of people were killed (over 60, according to the Russian Defense Ministry; over 20 in Western and Ukrainian reports) and injured (over 110, per Ukrainian reports).

Beyond that, however, a thick fog of war has descended. Or rather, a fog of propaganda. Western media and politicians have denounced the Russian strike as, in essence, an atrocity or war crime. The New York Times, for instance, presented it as slamming "into a bustling city center [...] on Sunday morning, [...] killing at least 34 people in what appeared to be the deadliest attack against civilians this year." Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz (to be sworn in at the beginning of May), speaking on one of his country's most popular TV shows, condemned what he called a "perfidious act" and "serious war crime."

Comment: The EU wants an excuse it can act on. Appropriation provides the cause.

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X

Europe cannot be 'permanent security vassal' of US - Vance


RT
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:51 UTC
JDVance
© Kent Nishimura/Getty ImagesUS Vice President J. D. Vance
The continent radically underinvests in security, and that has to change, the vice president has said.

Europe cannot remain a "permanent security vassal" of the US, Vice President J.D. Vance has said, stressing that this arrangement is not beneficial for either side.

His comments come at time of geopolitical tensions between the US and Europe on a number of issues, including the Ukraine conflict, while the administration of US President Donald Trump demands that other NATO members drastically increase their defense spending.

In an interview with UnHerd on Monday, Vance voiced frustration over Europe's approach to security, arguing that the topic has long been a blind spot for the region:
"The reality is - it's blunt to say it, but it's also true - that Europe's entire security infrastructure, for my entire life, has been subsidized by the United States of America."

Comment: By investing in war both sides lose, no matter how much is spent.

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Cult

'Euro-Nazism' is being revived - Moscow


RT
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:45 UTC
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
© Pelagiya Tikhonova / SputnikRussian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, December 11, 2024.
Russia has slammed the EU for warning candidate states against attending WWII celebrations on May 9.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday that the EU's attempts to pressure candidate states not to attend the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II in Moscow are tantamount to a revival of Nazism.

On Monday, the bloc's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, warned the leaders of EU members and candidate states against taking part in the event in the Russian capital on May 9. British daily The Telegraph later wrote that candidate states such as Serbia could be barred from joining the bloc if their leaders attend the Victory Day celebrations.
"If this is true, then Euro-Nazism is being reborn before our eyes," Zakharova wrote on Telegram, citing the article.

"This is how the fascists 80 years ago forced those they considered 'second-class people' to renounce their homeland, ethnicity, and faith," the spokeswoman added.
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Tank

Only six Western states willing to deploy troops to Ukraine - AFP


RT
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:17 UTC
Flags hoisted at the NATO HQ during a meeting of defense ministers from the so-called coalition of the willing in Brussels, Belgium on April 10, 2025.
© Getty Images / Omar HavanaFlags hoisted at the NATO HQ during a meeting of defense ministers from the so-called coalition of the willing in Brussels, Belgium on April 10, 2025.
Kiev's backers remain split on a proposed "reassurance force" that could potentially be deployed to Ukraine

Only six Western nations have pledged to send troops to Ukraine after the hostilities between Kiev and Moscow end, AFP has reported. Most of Ukraine's supporters are reluctant to make any promises, according to the agency.

Comment:
"The sixth state in the group was not named by the agency."
Could it be Denmark? There was today, Wednesday 16 April 2025, at 05:44 UTC (07:44 CEST) from the state media, DR.dk:
Denmark sends unarmed soldiers to Ukraine
By Birgitte Skovlund Asmussen

Several teams of unarmed Danish soldiers are sent to a training camp in Ukraine.

This is what army chief and major general Peter Boysen tells TV 2.

- These soldiers are not going down and actively participating in the war. They are going down to learn some experience, and it is at the invitation of my counterpart, i.e. the Ukrainian army chief, says Peter Boysen to the media.

Russia's ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir Barbin, says to TV 2 that it 'endangers the lives of Danish soldiers' to send them to Ukraine because military facilities that they can stay at are a 'legitimate target of the Russian armed forces.'

The first batch of Danish soldiers will go to Ukraine 'as soon as possible', possibly this summer, says Peter Boysen. It is unknown exactly how many people will be leaving.


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Light Sabers

'It's 2025, not 1939' - Fico challenges EU's warning against Moscow trip


RT
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:14 UTC
robert fico
© Pier Marco Tacca / Getty Images
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has firmly rejected recent warnings by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas to European leaders against attending Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9, asserting that "the year is 2025, not 1939."

Kallas stated on Monday that any participation by EU leaders in the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Russian capital "will not be taken lightly" by Brussels.

"WARNING AND THREAT BY MS. KALLAS ARE DISRESPECTFUL AND I STRONGLY OBJECT TO THEM," Fico wrote on X on Tuesday.

The Slovak leader confirmed his intention to participate in the commemorations, stating, "I will go to Moscow on May 9th."
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Bullseye

Colonial borders fuel instability in Africa - Lavrov


RT
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:10 UTC
lavrov
© Sergey Guneev / Sputnik
The legacy of colonialism remains a key driver of instability across Africa, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Kommersant published on Monday.

He attributed much of the continent's turmoil to borders drawn by departing colonial powers without regard for ethnic, cultural, and historical realities.

Lavrov argued that colonial map-making practices resulted in the fragmentation of ethnic groups across newly formed national borders. This led to "chaos," he said, explaining that the colonial authorities drew maps "with a ruler" throughout the continent, dividing entire communities.

He cited the Tuareg people, who are now split between Algeria and Mali, as well as other groups such as the Tutsi and Hutu in Rwanda.

Despite the destabilizing impact of these borders, Lavrov noted that the African Union has made a decision not to revise them.
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Black Cat

The Democrat-concocted 'Maryland Man' hoax is aiming to demonize border security

Brianna Lyman
The Federalist
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:30 UTC
trump el salvador Nayib Bukele oval office
© Fox 5/YoutubeEl Salvador's President Nayib Bukele meets with President Trump in the Oval Office, April 14, 2025
The propaganda press's latest manufactured sob story isn't just another hit piece targeting President Donald Trump — it's part of a manufactured, strategic campaign to guilt Americans out of supporting immigration enforcement and delegitimize the very concept of national borders.

Last month the Trump administration deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien and alleged MS-13 gang member from El Salvador — to a prison in El Salvador.

Abrego Garcia crossed the border illegally in 2011 and was detained in March of 2019. He was charged with removability and was later denied bond when an immigration judge concluded that evidence "show[ed] [Abrego Garcia] is a verified member of MS-13" and found that he failed to prove "that his release from custody would not pose a danger to others." As explained by Will Chamberlain, senior counsel at the Article 3 Project, Abrego filed an asylum claim six months later. In turn, a judge ruled Abrego Garcia could not be deported to El Salvador. As Chamberlain explained, "Any third country would be sufficient."

Comment:


Pigs just flew:




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Bullseye

DOGE warning has Social Security Administration launching anti-fraud measures

Daniella Genovese
Fox News
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:53 UTC
social security card
© iStock
Social Security Administration will conduct identity verification for all in-person claims, too

The Social Security Administration (SSA) implemented anti-fraud tools to protect customers who file claims over the phone following Elon Musk's warning that fraudsters were targeting the agency's call-in lines to steal benefits.

The agency launched measures that will "identify suspicious activity in telephone claims by analyzing patterns and anomalies within a person's account," effective immediately, according to the SSA.

The agency said if the technology detects irregularities, the individual will be required "to complete in-person identity proofing to continue processing their claim."

The agency will still conduct identity verification for all in-person claims, too.

Comment: The scope of the ineptitude, if not downright fraud of the SSA, is breath-taking:





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Stop

The end of NATO as we know it - The case for a European nuclear deterrent

Heiko Meiertöns
Verfassungsblog
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00 UTC
NATO bullseye
© Unknown
It is frighteningly easy to picture a situation in which President Trump steps off a plane and declares: "I have in my hands a paper signed by Mister Putin, there will be peace for our time." When Neville Chamberlain declared "peace for our time" on 30 September 1938, holding up the Munich Agreement which condoned the German Annexation of the Sudetenland, the world was at war only one year later.

87 years later, about one kilometre away from the venue of the Munich Conference 1938, US Vice-President James David Vance made it abundantly clear at the Munich Security Conference 2025, that the USA expect Europe to "step up in a big way to provide for its own defence." Should Russia, against this background, choose to test the true value of Article 5 NATO-Treaty, for example by attacking the peripheral areas of the Black Sea Region or the Baltic States, this would be the ultimate test for NATO. Would the USA still risk a military confrontation over a city like Narva? Even as a presidential candidate, Trump questioned the US-commitment by declaring that it might not protect allies who fail to meet their contributions to NATO.

Comment: 3D Europe: Do, Don't, Deflect...and the greatest of these is Deflect.

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Dollars

Is "De-Dollerization" on the table? BRICS summit approaches as trade war simmers

Brandon Smith
Alt-Market.us
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00 UTC
BenF bill
© Unknown
For many years now I have been talking about the growing global economic divide between East and West. This volatile opposition between the BRICS nations and the US is not a product of the Trump era. It has been decades in the making with a myriad of complex working parts and numerous US trading partners have been preparing for the fallout as far back as 2008.

At the same time behind the scenes there have been malicious influences at play: Special interests within the Davos community have been working diligently to undermine the US economy and the dollar.

But what is the ultimate aim of this agenda?

In 2018 I published an article titled 'World War III Will Be An Economic War' - In it I outlined the basic mechanics of the East vs West paradigm and how banking institutions like the IMF and BIS were positioning to take advantage of the chaos. At the time, the "trade war" witnessed a kind of false start, but all the pieces were there for what we are seeing today. Don't let the 90 day pauses on some tariffs fool you, economic decoupling is going to be the dominant theme of the decade and the tariffs will undoubtedly spring up over and over again.

Trump's incredible return to the White House sets the stage for the end of globalism (and that's a good thing), but I want to make it clear that the pitfalls are numerous and the establishment could try to use the end of the old world order to bring in their "new world order".

Comment: Money is the most 'tradable good' we have. But whose?

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