things are getting serious...

Coup to remove cancer-stricken Putin underway in Russia, Ukrainian intelligence chief says

https://fortune.com/2022/05/14/does-putin-have-cancer-coup-underway-blood-cancer-ukraine-war/

Moscow – Rare realism from a military analyst on Russian state television. "We are in complete geopolitical isolation and the whole world is against us." Discharged Colonel Mikhail Chodaryonok warned before Putin's raid that the operation would not go smoothly and now he is right. "As much as we hate to admit that, we have to get out of this situation."

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Protester painted in Ukraine colors ejected from Cannes red carpet

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...rs-ejected-cannes-red-carpet-2022-05-20/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fb2V7yTRtg

Russia is studying an Italian peace plan for UKraine, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said Monday, according to Interfax.
"Moscow is studying Italy's plan to resolve the situation in Ukraine," Rudenko was reported as saying.
Italy's four-stage plan would feature a ceasefire, talks on Ukraine's 'international status', i.e. whether it is neutral, a bilateral agreement between Kyiv and Moscow on the contested areas of Crimea and Donbass, and a multilateral agreement on peace and security in Europe.

The European police organization Europol is concerned about the large amount of weapons being delivered to Ukraine. When the war is over, they could fall into the wrong hands.

That says Europol chief Catherine De Bolle in conversation with the German newspaper Die Welt am Sonntag. De Bolle is especially afraid of a repeat of the end of the wars in the Balkans.

Weapons from those wars are used by criminal gangs thirty years later, says De Bolle. She fears that the weapons from Ukraine will continue to roam.

I am glad to see this war updated on here. The American news media could not cover it enough a few weeks ago, now coverage of it is sparse. Most people thought it would be over by now, but sadly it seems like this war is going to drag on, and eventually draw others into it. If Putin is really sick, I wonder if his successor (if Putin dies) will try to end the war or escalate things.

Ukrainians Wipe Out Russian Base Hidden In Trees

https://www.zenger.news/2022/05/27/ukrainians-wipe-out-russian-base-hidden-in-trees/

Ukrainian troops have slowed down their liberation of Russian-occupied territories as they lack fire-power and manpower, Zelenskiy said in an interview with the Financial Times, according to a transcript of his remarks provided by the president’s office.

Ukraine needs 10 times the amount of weapons and people to move forward with its counteroffensive, he said. Even so, Zelenskiy reiterated his country needs to defeat Russia on the battlefield. Having Russian troops pushed back to their Feb. 24 positions would only be a temporary victory as Ukraine has to regain control over all of its territories, he said.

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We have weapons, but, where are "the people" he speaks of going to come from??

Moscow’s chief rabbi ‘in exile’ after resisting Kremlin pressure over war
Pinchas Goldschmidt left Russia just weeks after invasion of Ukraine, daughter-in-law says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...fter-resisting-kremlin-pressure-over-war

John Cena turns the dream of a Ukrainian refugee with Down syndrome into a reality

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ne...th-down-syndrome-into-a-reality-20220608

Vladimir Putin ally warns London ‘will be bombed first’ if World War 3 breaks out
June 25, 2022 by Admin
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London will be the first strategic Nato target to be hit by Russian missiles should World War Three erupt, a close ally of presdient Vladimir Putin has claimed.

Speaking on Russian state TV Andrey Gurulyov, an MP sat on Moscow’s defence committee, described a full-scale invasion of Nato’s Baltic state members.

Gurulyov, a former military commander and member of the pro-Putin United Russia party, said: “We’ll destroy the entire group of enemy’s space satellites during the first air operation.

“No-one will care if they are American or British, we would see them all as NATO.

“Second, we’ll mitigate the entire system of anti-missile defence, everywhere and 100 per cent. Third, we certainly won’t start from Warsaw, Paris or Berlin. The first to be hit will be London.

“It’s crystal clear that the threat to the world comes from the Anglo-Saxons.”

Russia and their Gold

Welcome to NATO Sweden and Finland we become stronger again.

you do...
instead of getting weaker nato got stronger and more united
this is not what russia wanted from the beginning of the war

Bank of England tells lenders to brace for economic storm

LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - The Bank of England warned on Tuesday that the economic outlook for Britain and the world had darkened and told banks to ramp up capital buffers to ensure they can weather the storm.

"The economic outlook for the UK and globally has deteriorated materially," the BoE said as it published its latest Financial Stability Report, adding that developments around the war in Ukraine would be a key factor.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/bank-england-tells-lenders-brace-economic-storm-2022-07-05/

Putin dares the West to fight, one day after top Moscow leader threatens to take back Alaska

https://justthenews.com/government/...er-top-moscow-leader-threatens-take-back

"Sarah Palin: "I can see Russian troops landing from my house." (Maybe)

NYC getting prepared...

Fear sells

Word! They have updated duck and go under the table with stay inside and watch TV. I thought it was time for alien invasion, but no. It's time for nuclear war that can be avoided by not going outside and following the media.

Russia doesn't tend to lose wars....so far....

Ukraine war: Russia plans to annex Ukrainian land

Russia plans to annex more Ukrainian territory using a similar "playbook" to its takeover of Crimea, the US says.

Citing US intelligence, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Russia is already laying the groundwork for annexation.

Occupied regions of Ukraine could hold "sham" referenda on joining Russia as soon as September, he said.

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 after a referendum which was widely viewed as illegitimate.

"We want to make it plain to the American people," Mr Kirby told reporters. "Nobody is fooled by it. [Russian President Vladimir Putin] is dusting off the playbook from 2014."

He accused Russia of installing illegitimate pro-Russian officials to run occupied regions of Ukraine, with the aim of organising referenda on becoming part of Russia.

The results of the votes would be used by Russia "to try to claim annexation of sovereign Ukrainian territory", Mr Kirby said.

Russia has already installed its own regional and local officials in the parts of Ukraine it has occupied.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62231936

Ukraine war: CIA chief says no intelligence that Putin is in bad health

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62246914

Russia's departure from the International Space Station in 2024 will seriously affect the country's space sector, say experts.

Building its own space station could take at least a decade with "the most generous funding", says analyst Vitaly Yegorov

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1552102616515379201

Russia to build Death Star near Earth ? ? ?

The United States added sanctions on more Russian elites Tuesday in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Among them: Vladimir Putin's purported girlfriend and Andrey Grigoryevich Guryev, who owns the 2nd largest estate in London after Buckingham Palace


https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1554605463295115264

War 'about to enter new phase', UK intelligence warns
We’ve got more from the UK’s MoD.

On what Ukraine’s troops are focusing on, it adds:

Ukrainian forces are focusing their targeting on bridges, ammunition depots, and rail links with growing frequency in Ukraine’s southern regions.

Including the strategically important railroad spur that links Kherson to Russian-occupied Crimea, almost certainly using a combination of block, damage, degrade, deny, destroy, and disrupt effects to try to affect Russia’s ability to logistically resupply.

The MoD then adds it believes the war is about to enter a “new phase”.

Russia’s war on Ukraine is about to enter a new phase, with the heaviest fighting shifting to a roughly 350km frontline stretching south-west from near Zaporizhzhia to Kherson, paralleling the Dnieper River.