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| casualties1 = 1,700,000 KIA as of 10/1/2025<ref>https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-82225-peace-talks-unravel</ref><ref>https://robcampbell.substack.com/i/156862509/ukrainian-dead</ref><ref>per Whisper of the Front https://t.me/AussieCossack/29202</ref><ref>337,000 KIA est 10/17/24; https://mskvremya.ru/article/2023/1520-poteri-ukrainy-za-vremya-spetsoperatsii Casualty rate. KIA are estimated as half the casualty rate.</ref><ref>400,000 KIA ''per'' the ''Kyiv Star'', September 5, 2023,</ref><ref>[https://winepressnews.com/2023/09/05/ukraine-has-lost-at-least-400000-troops-in-its-war-with-russia-as-casualties-mount/]</ref><ref>https://hurseda.net/gundem/246987-iddia-mossad-a-gore-ukrayna-ve-rusya-kayiplari.html</ref><ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/6yI8oWL4gRTY/ UKRAINIAN VS. RUSSIAN LOSS RATIO], February 1st, 2023. "According to unofficial data circulating online, AFU Chief Valery Zaluzhny reported to the Pentagon and NATO on the number of losses of Ukrainian servicemen. According to the Ukrainian command, the AFU has lost a total of 232,000 killed since the start of the special operation."  [[Stratfor]] goes for 305,000 killed.</ref><ref>https://news.yahoo.com/von-der-leyen-statement-death-163600213.html</ref><ref>393,000 per Russian Ministry of Defense, December 19, 2023.<br>https://sputnikglobe.com/20231219/ukraine-lost-383000-soldiers-since-start-of-the-special-op--shoigu--1115677303.html#:</ref><br>83,000 MIA<ref>(includes victims of illegal [[organ harvesting]]); earlier estimates varied between 51,000-54,000 MIA. Official MIA listings can be used by the Kyiv regime to avoid paying death benefits to family survivors.</ref><ref>https://s2.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AFU-1-768x432.jpg</ref><ref>https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/ride-across-the-river</ref><ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/03/the_uss_march_of_folly_in_ukraine.html The US’s March of Folly in Ukraine], By Jared Peterson, ''American Thinker'',  March 10, 2023.</ref><ref>https://tass.com/world/1705481</ref><br>Deserters 400,000<ref>https://ground.news/article/nearly-400-000-have-deserted-ukrainian-army-mp</ref> <br>244,500 injured est;<br><ref>data collected from Moonofalabama 04-02-23</ref><ref>NetEase of China estimates 110,000 KIA and 500,000-680,000 casualties as of January 18, 2023. https://avia.pro/news/poteri-ukrainy-v-konflikte-s-rossiey-dostigli-680-tysyach-chelovek</ref><ref>200,000 may never have existed.  Some may have been exaggerated or fake numbers on paper in order to scam the United States and NATO out of money for aid. https://www.vikendi.net/2022/06/08/us-general-surprised-200000-ukrainian-soldiers-disappeared/</ref><ref>https://reseauinternational.net/fuites-de-donnees-sur-larmee-ukrainienne-plus-de-191-000-tues-et-blesses-et-20-000-disparus/</ref><ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/EC4lFWqC5sBq/ General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Krivonos announced on a live broadcast that Ukraine is suffering monstrous losses, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.];<br>60,000 - 100,000+ KIA estimated as of Sept. 17, 2022;<br>estimates 76,600 KIA as of July 1, 2022 according to the Russian MOD. [https://youtu.be/BU8nXCJoPFM?t=240];<br>Other estimates, using the mercenary casualty rate of 28% since Feb. 24, 2022, range as high as 62,500+;<br>MOD estimate 62,000 as of Sept. 20, 2022.</ref><br><ref>495,520 ''per'' Dima, [https://youtu.be/6b5jylKPmgM?t=1141 Military Summary] channel [[YouTube]], 4-23-24.</ref><br>10,000 Polish NATO mercenaries;<ref>https://www.voiceofeurope.com/recorded-polish-casualties-in-ukrainian-conflict-exceed-10000/</ref><br>234 NATO instructors KIA<br>(US and UK),<br>13,000 foreign and NATO soldiers KIA est. 3/14/24 (United States, France, Germany, Lithuania, etc.,<br>of which 1,427 Polish, 466 US, and 344 UK nationals.<ref>https://www.gospanews.net/en/tag/foreign_fighters/</ref> 3,600 Polish casualties),<ref>https://dziennik-polityczny.com/2022/11/23/niechlubny-koniec-najemnicy-ktorzy-zgineli-na-ukrainie-zostana-pochowani-w-amerykanskich-grobach/</ref><br>5,360 NATO/Ukraine mercenaries.<br>17,230 POWs.<ref>as of 04-02-23; at least 6,500 in Russian custody and 2,500 in DPR & LPR custody in early 2023 before POW exchanges.</ref>
 
| casualties1 = 1,700,000 KIA as of 10/1/2025<ref>https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-82225-peace-talks-unravel</ref><ref>https://robcampbell.substack.com/i/156862509/ukrainian-dead</ref><ref>per Whisper of the Front https://t.me/AussieCossack/29202</ref><ref>337,000 KIA est 10/17/24; https://mskvremya.ru/article/2023/1520-poteri-ukrainy-za-vremya-spetsoperatsii Casualty rate. KIA are estimated as half the casualty rate.</ref><ref>400,000 KIA ''per'' the ''Kyiv Star'', September 5, 2023,</ref><ref>[https://winepressnews.com/2023/09/05/ukraine-has-lost-at-least-400000-troops-in-its-war-with-russia-as-casualties-mount/]</ref><ref>https://hurseda.net/gundem/246987-iddia-mossad-a-gore-ukrayna-ve-rusya-kayiplari.html</ref><ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/6yI8oWL4gRTY/ UKRAINIAN VS. RUSSIAN LOSS RATIO], February 1st, 2023. "According to unofficial data circulating online, AFU Chief Valery Zaluzhny reported to the Pentagon and NATO on the number of losses of Ukrainian servicemen. According to the Ukrainian command, the AFU has lost a total of 232,000 killed since the start of the special operation."  [[Stratfor]] goes for 305,000 killed.</ref><ref>https://news.yahoo.com/von-der-leyen-statement-death-163600213.html</ref><ref>393,000 per Russian Ministry of Defense, December 19, 2023.<br>https://sputnikglobe.com/20231219/ukraine-lost-383000-soldiers-since-start-of-the-special-op--shoigu--1115677303.html#:</ref><br>83,000 MIA<ref>(includes victims of illegal [[organ harvesting]]); earlier estimates varied between 51,000-54,000 MIA. Official MIA listings can be used by the Kyiv regime to avoid paying death benefits to family survivors.</ref><ref>https://s2.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AFU-1-768x432.jpg</ref><ref>https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/ride-across-the-river</ref><ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/03/the_uss_march_of_folly_in_ukraine.html The US’s March of Folly in Ukraine], By Jared Peterson, ''American Thinker'',  March 10, 2023.</ref><ref>https://tass.com/world/1705481</ref><br>Deserters 400,000<ref>https://ground.news/article/nearly-400-000-have-deserted-ukrainian-army-mp</ref> <br>244,500 injured est;<br><ref>data collected from Moonofalabama 04-02-23</ref><ref>NetEase of China estimates 110,000 KIA and 500,000-680,000 casualties as of January 18, 2023. https://avia.pro/news/poteri-ukrainy-v-konflikte-s-rossiey-dostigli-680-tysyach-chelovek</ref><ref>200,000 may never have existed.  Some may have been exaggerated or fake numbers on paper in order to scam the United States and NATO out of money for aid. https://www.vikendi.net/2022/06/08/us-general-surprised-200000-ukrainian-soldiers-disappeared/</ref><ref>https://reseauinternational.net/fuites-de-donnees-sur-larmee-ukrainienne-plus-de-191-000-tues-et-blesses-et-20-000-disparus/</ref><ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/EC4lFWqC5sBq/ General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Krivonos announced on a live broadcast that Ukraine is suffering monstrous losses, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.];<br>60,000 - 100,000+ KIA estimated as of Sept. 17, 2022;<br>estimates 76,600 KIA as of July 1, 2022 according to the Russian MOD. [https://youtu.be/BU8nXCJoPFM?t=240];<br>Other estimates, using the mercenary casualty rate of 28% since Feb. 24, 2022, range as high as 62,500+;<br>MOD estimate 62,000 as of Sept. 20, 2022.</ref><br><ref>495,520 ''per'' Dima, [https://youtu.be/6b5jylKPmgM?t=1141 Military Summary] channel [[YouTube]], 4-23-24.</ref><br>10,000 Polish NATO mercenaries;<ref>https://www.voiceofeurope.com/recorded-polish-casualties-in-ukrainian-conflict-exceed-10000/</ref><br>234 NATO instructors KIA<br>(US and UK),<br>13,000 foreign and NATO soldiers KIA est. 3/14/24 (United States, France, Germany, Lithuania, etc.,<br>of which 1,427 Polish, 466 US, and 344 UK nationals.<ref>https://www.gospanews.net/en/tag/foreign_fighters/</ref> 3,600 Polish casualties),<ref>https://dziennik-polityczny.com/2022/11/23/niechlubny-koniec-najemnicy-ktorzy-zgineli-na-ukrainie-zostana-pochowani-w-amerykanskich-grobach/</ref><br>5,360 NATO/Ukraine mercenaries.<br>17,230 POWs.<ref>as of 04-02-23; at least 6,500 in Russian custody and 2,500 in DPR & LPR custody in early 2023 before POW exchanges.</ref>
 
| casualties2 = 227,700 as of June 19, 2026. This is the running total of individual Russian military deaths that Mediazona, BBC News Russian, and a team of volunteers have confirmed.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-ny-times-lies-about-russian-and-ukrainian-casualties/</ref><br><ref>130,150 9/24/22 - Mediazona https://en.zona.media/article/2025/09/12/casualties_eng-trl</ref><ref>https://en.zona.media/article/2025/04/25/casualties_eng-trl</ref><ref>94,000 KIA est 2/22/25<br>https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/11/casualties_eng</ref><ref>Mediazona Sept 8, 2023. https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/11/casualties_eng</ref><ref>40,000 as of August 22, 2023. https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng</ref><ref>18,480 KIA. 11970 deaths from the Russian Federation from February 24, 2022, to December 31, 2022, not counting the Wagner group, LPR and DNR. https://youtu.be/EJ8i6Jix5uw?t=567</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/B4M581RgpKc</ref><ref>does not include DNR, LPR, and Wagner Group which have borne the brunt of the fighting.</ref><br>200,000 injured est;<br> 323 POWs<ref>[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/02/ukraine-open-thread-2023-31.html?cid=6a00d8341c640e53ef02b68524e2a3200b#comment-6a00d8341c640e53ef02b68524e2a3200b MoA], 04-02-23</ref>}}
 
| casualties2 = 227,700 as of June 19, 2026. This is the running total of individual Russian military deaths that Mediazona, BBC News Russian, and a team of volunteers have confirmed.<ref>https://sonar21.com/the-ny-times-lies-about-russian-and-ukrainian-casualties/</ref><br><ref>130,150 9/24/22 - Mediazona https://en.zona.media/article/2025/09/12/casualties_eng-trl</ref><ref>https://en.zona.media/article/2025/04/25/casualties_eng-trl</ref><ref>94,000 KIA est 2/22/25<br>https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/11/casualties_eng</ref><ref>Mediazona Sept 8, 2023. https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/11/casualties_eng</ref><ref>40,000 as of August 22, 2023. https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng</ref><ref>18,480 KIA. 11970 deaths from the Russian Federation from February 24, 2022, to December 31, 2022, not counting the Wagner group, LPR and DNR. https://youtu.be/EJ8i6Jix5uw?t=567</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/B4M581RgpKc</ref><ref>does not include DNR, LPR, and Wagner Group which have borne the brunt of the fighting.</ref><br>200,000 injured est;<br> 323 POWs<ref>[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/02/ukraine-open-thread-2023-31.html?cid=6a00d8341c640e53ef02b68524e2a3200b#comment-6a00d8341c640e53ef02b68524e2a3200b MoA], 04-02-23</ref>}}
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The '''NATO war in Ukraine''', sometimes known as the '''Russia–Ukraine civil conflict''' is a [[proxy war]] started by the [[United States]] in 2014 with the violent overthrow of the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of [[Ukraine]]<ref>https://mronline.org/2022/04/09/the-u-s-proxy-war-in-ukraine/</ref> in collaboration with [[neo-Nazi]] traitors to the Ukrainian nation.<ref>https://youtu.be/5SBo0akeDMY</ref> The newly installed [[Maidan puppet regime]] immediately began a campaign of unprovoked aggression against the civilians of [[Donbas]].
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The '''NATO war in Ukraine''', sometimes known as the '''Russia–Ukraine civil conflict''', is a [[proxy war]] started by the [[United States]] in 2014 with the violent overthrow of the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of [[Ukraine]]<ref>https://mronline.org/2022/04/09/the-u-s-proxy-war-in-ukraine/</ref> in collaboration with [[neo-Nazi]] traitors to the Ukrainian nation.<ref>https://youtu.be/5SBo0akeDMY</ref> The newly installed [[Maidan puppet regime]] immediately began a campaign of unprovoked aggression against the civilians of [[Donbas]].
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Th Russian [[special military operation]] which commenced on February 24, 2022 was provoked by the [[United States]] promise to the [[Kyiv regime]] to extend the borders of [[NATO]] to within 500 kilometers and four minutes flight time of a [[nuclear arm]]ed missile to [[Moscow]], the capital of the [[Russian Federation]], posing an existential [[national security]] threat to the nation and removing [[Ukraine]]'s decades long neutrality, according to Ambassador [[George Kennan]], Ambassador [[Jack Matlock]], Senator [[Joe Biden]], Senator [[Bill Bradley]], Senator [[Sam Nunn]], Senator [[Gary Hart]], Senator [[Gordon Humphrey]], [[Secretary of State]] [[Henry Kissinger]], [[Defense Secretary]] [[Robert McNamara]], [[Defense Secretary]] [[William Perry]], [[Defense Secretary]] [[Robert Gates]], [[CIA]] Director [[William Burns]], [[CIA]] Director [[Stansfield Turner]], Professor Edward Herman, Professor [[Noam Chomsky]], Professor [[John Mearsheimer]], Prime Minister Paul Keating and [[Prime Minister]] [[Malcolm Fraser]],<ref>https://x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1894833586387501070</ref>
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The Russian [[special military operation]] which commenced on February 24, 2022, was provoked by the [[United States]] promise to the [[Kyiv regime]] to extend the borders of [[NATO]] to within 500 kilometers and four minutes' flight time of a [[nuclear arm]]ed missile to [[Moscow]], the capital of the [[Russian Federation]], posing an existential [[national security]] threat to the nation and removing [[Ukraine]]'s decades-long neutrality, according to Ambassador [[George Kennan]], Ambassador [[Jack Matlock]], Senator [[Joe Biden]], Senator [[Bill Bradley]], Senator [[Sam Nunn]], Senator [[Gary Hart]], Senator [[Gordon Humphrey]], [[Secretary of State]] [[Henry Kissinger]], [[Defense Secretary]] [[Robert McNamara]], [[Defense Secretary]] [[William Perry]], [[Defense Secretary]] [[Robert Gates]], [[CIA]] Director [[William Burns]], [[CIA]] Director [[Stansfield Turner]], Professor Edward Herman, Professor [[Noam Chomsky]], Professor [[John Mearsheimer]], Prime Minister Paul Keating and [[Prime Minister]] [[Malcolm Fraser]],<ref>https://x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1894833586387501070</ref>
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[[Groupthink]] and greed among Western NATO leaders and their populations led to the false belief that [[Fourth generation warfare]] could be won by [[propaganda]] and [[misinformation]] alone without an industrial base. As the ''[[Washington Post]]'' attempted to explain, "[[the West]] tricked itself into thinking that sloganeering could forge a consensus to back [[Kyiv]] — 'for as long as it takes,' as President Biden put it — without explaining that sacrifice, setbacks and staggering sums of money would inevitably be needed..."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/26/orban-ukraine-europe-threat-west-hungary/</ref>
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[[Groupthink]] and greed among Western NATO leaders and their populations led to the false belief that [[Fourth generation warfare]] could be won by [[propaganda]] and [[misinformation]] alone, without an industrial base. As the ''[[Washington Post]]'' attempted to explain, "[[the West]] tricked itself into thinking that sloganeering could forge a consensus to back [[Kyiv]] — 'for as long as it takes,' as President Biden put it — without explaining that sacrifice, setbacks and staggering sums of money would inevitably be needed..."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/26/orban-ukraine-europe-threat-west-hungary/</ref>
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Nazi and neo-Nazi organizations have been active in Ukraine since 1941 and received [[Pentagon]] and [[CIA]] arms and assistance until 1954, which was resumed by the [[Obama administration]] in 2013 under CIA director [[John Brennan]].<ref>https://archive.ph/5Tbgg</ref> Brennan was a key player in the [[Russia collusion hoax]], a [[disinformation]] and [[propaganda]] [[psyop]] to convince the American people that [[Donald Trump]] had "[[collude]]d" with Russian President Vladimir Putin to rig the [[2016 presidential election]] and to stir anti-Russian sentiment.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2020/06/27/fresh-evidence-obama-ordered-up-the-phony-russiagate-scandal/ Fresh evidence Obama ordered up the phony Russiagate scandal], New York Post Editorial Board, June 27, 2020.</ref>
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Nazi and neo-Nazi organizations have been active in Ukraine since 1941 and received [[Pentagon]] and [[CIA]] arms and assistance until 1954, which was resumed by the [[Obama administration]] in 2013 under CIA director [[John Brennan]].<ref>https://archive.ph/5Tbgg</ref> Brennan was a key player in the [[Russia collusion hoax]], a [[disinformation]] and [[propaganda]] [[psyop]] to convince the American people that [[Donald Trump]] had "[[collude]]d" with Russian President Vladimir Putin to rig the [[2016 presidential election]] and to stir anti-Russian sentiment.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2020/06/27/fresh-evidence-obama-ordered-up-the-phony-russiagate-scandal/ Fresh evidence Obama ordered up the phony Russiagate scandal], New York Post Editorial Board, June 27, 2020.</ref>
    
In 2016, well before Russia's Special Military Operation, [[Barack Obama]] signed a Presidential Finding authorizing covert action against Russia, as reported in ''The Washington Post''.<ref>[https://archive.vn/DBHCM Obama used covert retaliation in response to Russian election meddling. Here’s why.] Analysis by Austin Carson, ''Washington Post'', June 29, 2017.</ref> The finding “included language about [[sabotage]] operations, according to a former CIA official,” former US Army Special Operations operative Jack Murphy reported.<ref>[https://jackmurphywrites.com/169/the-cias-sabotage-campaign-inside-russia/ THE CIA IS USING A EUROPEAN NATO ALLY’S SPY SERVICE TO CONDUCT A COVERT SABOTAGE CAMPAIGN INSIDE RUSSIA UNDER THE AGENCY’S DIRECTION, ACCORDING TO FORMER U.S. INTELLIGENCE AND MILITARY OFFICIALS.] DECEMBER 24, 2022, BY JACK MURPHY</ref>
 
In 2016, well before Russia's Special Military Operation, [[Barack Obama]] signed a Presidential Finding authorizing covert action against Russia, as reported in ''The Washington Post''.<ref>[https://archive.vn/DBHCM Obama used covert retaliation in response to Russian election meddling. Here’s why.] Analysis by Austin Carson, ''Washington Post'', June 29, 2017.</ref> The finding “included language about [[sabotage]] operations, according to a former CIA official,” former US Army Special Operations operative Jack Murphy reported.<ref>[https://jackmurphywrites.com/169/the-cias-sabotage-campaign-inside-russia/ THE CIA IS USING A EUROPEAN NATO ALLY’S SPY SERVICE TO CONDUCT A COVERT SABOTAGE CAMPAIGN INSIDE RUSSIA UNDER THE AGENCY’S DIRECTION, ACCORDING TO FORMER U.S. INTELLIGENCE AND MILITARY OFFICIALS.] DECEMBER 24, 2022, BY JACK MURPHY</ref>
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During the [[sham impeachment]] trial of [[President Donald J. Trump]] over aid to Ukraine, [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] manager [[Adam Schiff]] openly stated about the illegal, undeclared proxy war which most Americans were not even aware of let alone ever consulted about, "we fight Russia over there so we don't have to fight Russia here."<ref>https://youtu.be/4d4rcoPulY4</ref>
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During the [[sham impeachment]] trial of [[President Donald J. Trump]] over aid to Ukraine, [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] manager [[Adam Schiff]] openly stated about the illegal, undeclared proxy war which most Americans were not even aware of, let alone ever consulted about, "we fight Russia over there so we don't have to fight Russia here."<ref>https://youtu.be/4d4rcoPulY4</ref>
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By December 2022 in the first year of Russia's Special Military Operation, Ukraine had lost 250,000 soldiers killed and wounded - more than the size of the Ukraine army when the SMO began in late February 2022. The only thing keeping the bankrupt Zelensky regime in the fight was American aid, with marginal aid supplied by the European vassal states.
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By December 2022, in the first year of Russia's Special Military Operation, Ukraine had lost 250,000 soldiers killed and wounded - more than the size of the Ukraine army when the SMO began in late February 2022. The only thing keeping the bankrupt Zelensky regime in the fight was American aid, with marginal aid supplied by the European vassal states.
    
As published in the ''[[Washington Post]]'' on May 9, 2023, the 78th anniversary of [[Victory Day]] commemorating the defeat of [[Nazi Germany]] by [[Russia]], NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said, "The war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed NATO, but then you have to remember the war didn’t start in 2022…The war started in 2014."<ref>[https://archive.is/0wj8w Opinion  Editorial Board interview: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg], By the ''Washington Post'' Editorial Board, May 9, 2023.</ref>
 
As published in the ''[[Washington Post]]'' on May 9, 2023, the 78th anniversary of [[Victory Day]] commemorating the defeat of [[Nazi Germany]] by [[Russia]], NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said, "The war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed NATO, but then you have to remember the war didn’t start in 2022…The war started in 2014."<ref>[https://archive.is/0wj8w Opinion  Editorial Board interview: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg], By the ''Washington Post'' Editorial Board, May 9, 2023.</ref>
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[[Biden junta]] foreign secretary [[Antony Blinken]] announced in a speech at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies as part of the [[Zbigniew Brzezinski|Brzezinski]] Lecture Series on September 13, 2023, after the failed 2023 [[Ukraine counteroffensive]], "The old world order is over...One era is ending, a new one is beginning, and the decisions that we make now will shape the future for decades to come."<ref>https://youtu.be/yXd_KDsOpSQ</ref>
 
[[Biden junta]] foreign secretary [[Antony Blinken]] announced in a speech at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies as part of the [[Zbigniew Brzezinski|Brzezinski]] Lecture Series on September 13, 2023, after the failed 2023 [[Ukraine counteroffensive]], "The old world order is over...One era is ending, a new one is beginning, and the decisions that we make now will shape the future for decades to come."<ref>https://youtu.be/yXd_KDsOpSQ</ref>
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[[Tom Luongo]] was quoted in ''[[Zerohedge]]'' on December 16, 2023, saying, "The folks with the most to lose in Ukraine at this point are those [[carpetbagger]]s who were chosen to rebuild the country after the war. Russia understands this and no more wants [[Blackrock]] rebuilding Ukraine than it wants Ukraine in NATO.”<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/luongo-running-empty-us-leaves-zelenskyy-hanging Luongo: Running On Empty, The US Leaves Zelenskyy Hanging], Tyler Durdan, zerohedge.com, December 16, 2023. zerohedge.com</ref>
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[[Tom Luongo]] was quoted in ''[[Zerohedge]]'' on December 16, 2023, saying, "The folks with the most to lose in Ukraine at this point are those [[carpetbagger]]s who were chosen to rebuild the country after the war. Russia understands this and no more wants [[Blackrock]] rebuilding Ukraine than it wants Ukraine in NATO.”<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/luongo-running-empty-us-leaves-zelenskyy-hanging Luongo: Running On Empty, The US Leaves Zelenskyy Hanging], Tyler Durdan, zerohedge.com, December 16, 2023. zerohedge.com</ref>
    
==Background==
 
==Background==
 
{{See also|Background of the Russia-Ukraine war|Maidan coup|Donbas war}}
 
{{See also|Background of the Russia-Ukraine war|Maidan coup|Donbas war}}
 
[[File:Burisma Board Dir Hunter Biden.jpg|right|290px|thumb|[[FBI summary of confidential human source's meeting with Burisma executives]].<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/2023/07/13/bidens-corruption-led-to-ukraines-destruction-fmr-kiev-diplomat/ Biden corruption led to Ukraine’s destruction] Interview with [[Andrii Telizhenko]]. Aaron Maté, ''The Grayzone'', July 13, 2023.</ref>]]
 
[[File:Burisma Board Dir Hunter Biden.jpg|right|290px|thumb|[[FBI summary of confidential human source's meeting with Burisma executives]].<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/2023/07/13/bidens-corruption-led-to-ukraines-destruction-fmr-kiev-diplomat/ Biden corruption led to Ukraine’s destruction] Interview with [[Andrii Telizhenko]]. Aaron Maté, ''The Grayzone'', July 13, 2023.</ref>]]
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The United States, together with the [[German]] foreign intelligence organization [[BND]],<ref>[http://www.fas.org/irp/world/germany/intro/gehlen.htm Organization Gehlen] fas.org</ref> had long-standing ties with Nazi groups in [[Western Ukraine]] which had previously cooperated with [[Nazi Germany]] and had been attached to the German Nazi-Wehrmacht.<ref>''[https://www.archives.gov/files/iwg/reports/hitlers-shadow.pdf Hitler's Shadow, Nazi War Criminals, U.S. Intelligence, and the Cold War]'', Richard Breitman and Norman J.W. Goda, Published by the National Archives. Ch. 5, ''Collaborators: Allied Intelligence and the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists'', pp. 73-97.</ref> The [[CIA]] reactivated these groups and instigated a violent [[color-revolution]] in [[Kiev]].<ref>[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/07/who-can-guarantee-ukraines-security.html Who Can Give Security Guarantees To Ukraine?] July 25, 2023. moonofalabama.org</ref> The United States resumed providing direct military aid to Ukraine's nationalist forces and the newly created puppet regime in 2014. Western states began to train Ukraine’s armed forces and allow their participation in military exercises. In December 2016, [[Sen. Lindsey Graham]] declared 2017 to be "the year of offense", which was delayed by the [[Russiagate]] scandal, the [[Mueller investigation]], and [[Trump impeachment 1.0]].  
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The United States, together with the [[German]] foreign intelligence organization [[BND]],<ref>[http://www.fas.org/irp/world/germany/intro/gehlen.htm Organization Gehlen] fas.org</ref> had long-standing ties with Nazi groups in [[Western Ukraine]] which had previously cooperated with [[Nazi Germany]] and had been attached to the German Nazi-Wehrmacht.<ref>''[https://www.archives.gov/files/iwg/reports/hitlers-shadow.pdf Hitler's Shadow, Nazi War Criminals, U.S. Intelligence, and the Cold War]'', Richard Breitman and Norman J.W. Goda, Published by the National Archives. Ch. 5, ''Collaborators: Allied Intelligence and the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists'', pp. 73-97.</ref> The [[CIA]] reactivated these groups and instigated a violent [[color-revolution]] in [[Kiev]].<ref>[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/07/who-can-guarantee-ukraines-security.html Who Can Give Security Guarantees To Ukraine?] July 25, 2023. moonofalabama.org</ref> The United States resumed providing direct military aid to Ukraine's nationalist forces and the newly created puppet regime in 2014. Western states began to train Ukraine’s armed forces and allow their participation in military exercises. In December 2016, [[Sen. Lindsey Graham]] declared 2017 to be "the year of offense", which was delayed by the [[Russiagate]] scandal, the [[Mueller investigation]], and [[Trump impeachment 1.0]].  
    
A 2019 [[Rand Corporation]] paper entitled ''Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground'' knowingly imperiled Ukraine as a nation and its people, to extend Russia in the hopes of precipitating a sociopolitical or economic collapse, or both, with the full understanding Ukraine itself would lose any such conflict. The policy of militarizing Ukraine to provoke a Russian intervention was anticipated, according to the report, "to produce disproportionately large Ukrainian casualties, territorial losses, and refugee flows as well as a disadvantageous peace."<ref>Dobbins, James, Raphael S. Cohen, Nathan Chandler, Bryan Frederick, Edward Geist, Paul DeLuca, Forrest E. Morgan, Howard J. Shatz, and Brent Williams, ''Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground.'' Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2019. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html. [p. 100]</ref>
 
A 2019 [[Rand Corporation]] paper entitled ''Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground'' knowingly imperiled Ukraine as a nation and its people, to extend Russia in the hopes of precipitating a sociopolitical or economic collapse, or both, with the full understanding Ukraine itself would lose any such conflict. The policy of militarizing Ukraine to provoke a Russian intervention was anticipated, according to the report, "to produce disproportionately large Ukrainian casualties, territorial losses, and refugee flows as well as a disadvantageous peace."<ref>Dobbins, James, Raphael S. Cohen, Nathan Chandler, Bryan Frederick, Edward Geist, Paul DeLuca, Forrest E. Morgan, Howard J. Shatz, and Brent Williams, ''Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground.'' Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2019. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html. [p. 100]</ref>
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===U.S. biological labs in Ukraine===
 
===U.S. biological labs in Ukraine===
 
{{See also|U.S. funded biological labs abroad}}
 
{{See also|U.S. funded biological labs abroad}}
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[[Metabiota]], a company financed by [[Hunter Biden]]'s [[Rosemont Seneca]] partnership with the state owned Bank of China. Metabiota was awarded a $18.4 million federal contract under the so-called "Defense Threat Reduction Program" in the former Soviet [[Republic of Georgia]] and Ukraine.<ref>https://govtribe.com/contract/award/hdtra114c0104</ref><ref>https://freedomjournalist.com/how-much-did-the-bidens-make-in-the-ukraine-biolabs/</ref> Metabiota receives the lion's share of funding as a U.S. defense contractor for bio labs in Ukraine.
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[[Metabiota]] is a company financed by [[Hunter Biden]]'s [[Rosemont Seneca]] partnership with the state-owned Bank of China. Metabiota was awarded an $18.4 million federal contract under the so-called "Defense Threat Reduction Program" in the former Soviet [[Republic of Georgia]] and Ukraine.<ref>https://govtribe.com/contract/award/hdtra114c0104</ref><ref>https://freedomjournalist.com/how-much-did-the-bidens-make-in-the-ukraine-biolabs/</ref> Metabiota receives the lion's share of funding as a U.S. defense contractor for bio labs in Ukraine.
    
The Ukrainian mayor of Genichesk, [[Stanislav Bunyatov]], who was a member of the Nazi '[[Aidar]]' assault group, has made a confession that Kiev, with the help of the Americans, intended to kill a third of Russia's population in 10 days. Bunyatov is reported to have said:<ref>https://robcampbell.substack.com/i/148852598/deadly-biolabs-could-this-be-true</ref>
 
The Ukrainian mayor of Genichesk, [[Stanislav Bunyatov]], who was a member of the Nazi '[[Aidar]]' assault group, has made a confession that Kiev, with the help of the Americans, intended to kill a third of Russia's population in 10 days. Bunyatov is reported to have said:<ref>https://robcampbell.substack.com/i/148852598/deadly-biolabs-could-this-be-true</ref>
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{{See also|Diplomacy in the Ukraine war}}
 
{{See also|Diplomacy in the Ukraine war}}
 
[[File:Zelensky and Boris.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Zelesnky and [[BoJo]].  Boris Johnson sabotaged peace efforts between Russia and Ukraine in April 2022.  Tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers died needlessly in the following months.]]
 
[[File:Zelensky and Boris.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Zelesnky and [[BoJo]].  Boris Johnson sabotaged peace efforts between Russia and Ukraine in April 2022.  Tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers died needlessly in the following months.]]
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Investigative reporter [[Seymour Hersh]] reported in the summer of 2023 that Biden junta national security advisor [[Jake "the Snake" Sullivan]] took an American delegation to the 'second international peace summit' in August at [[Jeddah]] in [[Saudi Arabia]]. The summit was led by Crown Prince [[Mohammed bin Salman]] (MBS) who four years earlier was accused of ordering the assassination and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi for the ''Washington Post'' at the Saudi consulate in [[Istanbul]], for perceived disloyalty to the state.
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Investigative reporter [[Seymour Hersh]] reported in the summer of 2023 that Biden junta national security advisor [[Jake "the Snake" Sullivan]] took an American delegation to the 'second international peace summit' in August at [[Jeddah]] in [[Saudi Arabia]]. The summit was led by Crown Prince [[Mohammed bin Salman]] (MBS) who, four years earlier, was accused of ordering the assassination and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi for the ''Washington Post'' at the Saudi consulate in [[Istanbul]], for perceived disloyalty to the state.
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The summit stars included MBS, Sullivan, and Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia was not invited to the summit. It included a handful of heads of state from the fewer than fifty nations that sent delegates. ''Reuters'' reported that Zelensky’s goal was to get international support for “the principles” that he would consider as a basis for the settlement of the war, including “the withdrawal of all Russian troops and the return of all Ukrainian territory.” Russia’s formal response came from Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Sergei Ryabkov]] who called the summit “a reflection of [[the West]]’s attempt to continue futile, doomed efforts” to mobilize the [[Global South]] behind Zelensky. [[India]] and [[China]] both sent delegations to the session. An American intelligence official told Hersh,
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The summit stars included MBS, Sullivan, and Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia was not invited to the summit. It included a handful of heads of state from the fewer than fifty nations that sent delegates. ''Reuters'' reported that Zelensky’s goal was to get international support for “the principles” that he would consider as a basis for the settlement of the war, including “the withdrawal of all Russian troops and the return of all Ukrainian territory.” Russia’s formal response came from Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Sergei Ryabkov]] who called the summit “a reflection of [[the West]]’s attempt to continue futile, doomed efforts” to mobilize the [[Global South]] behind Zelensky. [[India]] and [[China]] both sent delegations to the session. An American intelligence official told Hersh,
 
{{quotebox-float|“Jeddah was Sullivan’s baby. He planned it to be Biden’s equivalent of [[Woodrow Wilson|[President Woodrow] Wilson]]’s [[Versailles Conference|Versailles]]. The grand alliance of the free world meeting in a victory celebration after the humiliating defeat of the hated foe to determine the shape of nations for the next generation. Fame and Glory. Promotion and re-election. The jewel in the crown was to be Zelensky’s achievement of Putin’s unconditional surrender after the lightning spring offensive. They were even planning a [[Nuremberg Trials|Nuremberg type trial]] at the [[World Court|world court]], with Jake as our representative. Just one more f***-up, but who is counting? Forty nations showed up, all but six looking for free food after the Odessa shutdown,”}}
 
{{quotebox-float|“Jeddah was Sullivan’s baby. He planned it to be Biden’s equivalent of [[Woodrow Wilson|[President Woodrow] Wilson]]’s [[Versailles Conference|Versailles]]. The grand alliance of the free world meeting in a victory celebration after the humiliating defeat of the hated foe to determine the shape of nations for the next generation. Fame and Glory. Promotion and re-election. The jewel in the crown was to be Zelensky’s achievement of Putin’s unconditional surrender after the lightning spring offensive. They were even planning a [[Nuremberg Trials|Nuremberg type trial]] at the [[World Court|world court]], with Jake as our representative. Just one more f***-up, but who is counting? Forty nations showed up, all but six looking for free food after the Odessa shutdown,”}}
 
referring to President Putin’s curtailment of Ukrainian wheat shipments in response to Zelensky’s renewed attacks on the [[Crimean bridge]] linking Crimea to the Russian mainland.<ref>https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/summer-of-the-hawks</ref>
 
referring to President Putin’s curtailment of Ukrainian wheat shipments in response to Zelensky’s renewed attacks on the [[Crimean bridge]] linking Crimea to the Russian mainland.<ref>https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/summer-of-the-hawks</ref>
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On September 10, 2023 at the [[Group of Twenty]] annual summit in New Dehli which US socialist [[führer]] Joe Biden personally attended, the [[G20]] rejected Biden's efforts to get the group to condemn Russia.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/09/10/joe-biden-g20-statement-criticism-russia-ukraine/70808021007/ Biden finds himself on the defensive after G20 leaders fail to rally around Ukraine], Francesca Chambers, ''[[USAToday]]'', September 10, 2023.</ref>
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On September 10, 2023, at the [[Group of Twenty]] annual summit in New Delhi, which US socialist [[führer]] Joe Biden personally attended, the [[G20]] rejected Biden's efforts to get the group to condemn Russia.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/09/10/joe-biden-g20-statement-criticism-russia-ukraine/70808021007/ Biden finds himself on the defensive after G20 leaders fail to rally around Ukraine], Francesca Chambers, ''[[USAToday]]'', September 10, 2023.</ref>
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On [[CBS]] ''[[Face the Nation]]'' on June 9, 2024 US Sen. [[Lindsey Graham]] explained why he was such an ardent [[warmonger]] and excited about exterminating the adult [[male]] population of Ukraine,<ref>[https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.MA.ZS?locations=UA Population, male (% of total population) - Ukraine]. World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.</ref> stating that Ukraine sat on $10-12 trillion of [[mineral]] wealth that [[Western alliance|Western]] [[oligarchs]] and investors wanted to plunder.<ref>[https://rumble.com/v50owkz-lindsey-graham-ukraine-has-trillions-of-dollars-worth-of-critical-minerals-.html Lindsey Graham: Ukraine has trillions of dollars worth of critical minerals in their country], June 9, 2024.</ref> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] responded that $10-12 trillion in Ukrainian mineral resources and wealth would wipe out one-third of the [[US national debt]].<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/petrodollar-dead-rumors-swirl-as?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#media-d1bdd787-1e3d-416b-9e97-eece36ebd99e Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responds to Lindsey Graham], June 14, 2024.</ref>
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On [[CBS]] ''[[Face the Nation]]'' on June 9, 2024, US Sen. [[Lindsey Graham]] explained why he was such an ardent [[warmonger]] and excited about exterminating the adult [[male]] population of Ukraine,<ref>[https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.MA.ZS?locations=UA Population, male (% of total population) - Ukraine]. World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.</ref> stating that Ukraine sat on $10-12 trillion of [[mineral]] wealth that [[Western alliance|Western]] [[oligarchs]] and investors wanted to plunder.<ref>[https://rumble.com/v50owkz-lindsey-graham-ukraine-has-trillions-of-dollars-worth-of-critical-minerals-.html Lindsey Graham: Ukraine has trillions of dollars worth of critical minerals in their country], June 9, 2024.</ref> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] responded that $10-12 trillion in Ukrainian mineral resources and wealth would wipe out one-third of the [[US national debt]].<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/petrodollar-dead-rumors-swirl-as?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#media-d1bdd787-1e3d-416b-9e97-eece36ebd99e Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responds to Lindsey Graham], June 14, 2024.</ref>
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On August 1, 2024 the ''Kyiv Post'' reported unelected Ukrainian [[dictator]] Volodymyr Zelensky saying "The majority of the world today says that Russia must be represented at the second summit, otherwise we will not achieve meaningful results...Since the whole world wants them to be at the table, we cannot be against it".<ref>[https://www.kyivpost.com/post/36691 'Whole World' Wants Russia at Next Peace Summit: Zelensky], by AFP, ''Kyiv Post'', August 1, 2024. www.kyivpost.com</ref>
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On August 1, 2024, the ''Kyiv Post'' reported unelected Ukrainian [[dictator]] Volodymyr Zelensky saying "The majority of the world today says that Russia must be represented at the second summit, otherwise we will not achieve meaningful results...Since the whole world wants them to be at the table, we cannot be against it".<ref>[https://www.kyivpost.com/post/36691 'Whole World' Wants Russia at Next Peace Summit: Zelensky], by AFP, ''Kyiv Post'', August 1, 2024. www.kyivpost.com</ref>
    
===NATO expansion===
 
===NATO expansion===
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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg described how [[NATO expansion]] provoked a military response from the Russian Federation:
 
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg described how [[NATO expansion]] provoked a military response from the Russian Federation:
 
[[File:American war criminals.PNG|right|300px|thumb|'''[[Liberal triumphalism]]:''' accused of [[war crimes]] in the [[Kosovo war]], [[Madeleine Albright]] (left) [[Bill Clinton]] (center) and [[Joe Biden]] (right).<ref>[https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/kosovo-indictment-proves-bill-clintons-serbian-war-atrocities/ Kosovo Indictment Proves Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities], by Jim Bovard, Jun 25, 2020. ''The Libertarian Institute''.</ref>]]
 
[[File:American war criminals.PNG|right|300px|thumb|'''[[Liberal triumphalism]]:''' accused of [[war crimes]] in the [[Kosovo war]], [[Madeleine Albright]] (left) [[Bill Clinton]] (center) and [[Joe Biden]] (right).<ref>[https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/kosovo-indictment-proves-bill-clintons-serbian-war-atrocities/ Kosovo Indictment Proves Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities], by Jim Bovard, Jun 25, 2020. ''The Libertarian Institute''.</ref>]]
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{{quotebox-float|"The background was that President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to sign, to promise no more [[NATO enlargement]]. That was what he sent us. And was a pre-condition for not invade Ukraine. Of course we didn’t sign that.
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{{quotebox-float|"The background was that President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to sign, to promise no more [[NATO enlargement]]. That was what he sent us. And was a pre-condition for not invading Ukraine. Of course we didn’t sign that.
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The opposite happened. He wanted us to sign that promise, never to enlarge NATO. He wanted us to remove our military infrastructure in all Allies that have joined NATO since 1997, meaning half of NATO, all the Central and Eastern Europe, we should remove NATO from that part of our Alliance, introducing some kind of B, or second class membership. We rejected that.
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The opposite happened. He wanted us to sign that promise, never to enlarge NATO. He wanted us to remove our military infrastructure in all Allies that have joined NATO since 1997, meaning half of NATO, all Central and Eastern Europe, we should remove NATO from that part of our Alliance, introducing some kind of B, or second-class membership. We rejected that.
    
So he went to war to prevent NATO, more NATO, close to his borders."<ref>[https://thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/nato-chief-openly-admits-russia-invaded-ukraine-because-of-nato-expansion NATO Chief Openly Admits Russia Invaded Ukraine Because Of NATO Expansion], CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, SATURDAY 9 SEP 23.</ref>}}
 
So he went to war to prevent NATO, more NATO, close to his borders."<ref>[https://thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/nato-chief-openly-admits-russia-invaded-ukraine-because-of-nato-expansion NATO Chief Openly Admits Russia Invaded Ukraine Because Of NATO Expansion], CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, SATURDAY 9 SEP 23.</ref>}}
 
Russian Security Council deputy chair [[Dmitry Medvedev]] noted on March 4, 2024:
 
Russian Security Council deputy chair [[Dmitry Medvedev]] noted on March 4, 2024:
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{{quotebox-float|"Our actions are a forced but quite an effective response to the [[Russophobic]] [[policy]] by the [[Banderite]] regime and the [[collective West]] and its desire to destroy our [[statehood]], undermine [[independence]] and [[sovereignty]]<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1755199</ref>...Had Ukraine escaped the stupidest trap set by the United States and its allies in order to counter our country with Ukraine’s assistance and use this very [[anti-Russia]] entity, things might have been different...Had there been no jeering [[thief|thieves]], political doormats and blushful [[neo-Nazi]]s in the [[Zelensky regime|Ukrainian leadership]], [[history]] could have gone a different way...Had the [[Kiev regime|Kiev ringleaders]] fulfilled the [[Realpolitik|realistic conditions]] of the [[Minsk Agreements]] at some point, then, perhaps, there would have been no need for the [[special military operation]], as our president has rightly observed”.<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1755187</ref>}}
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{{quotebox-float|"Our actions are a forced but quite an effective response to the [[Russophobic]] [[policy]] by the [[Banderite]] regime and the [[collective West]] and its desire to destroy our [[statehood]], undermine [[independence]] and [[sovereignty]]<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1755199</ref>... Had Ukraine escaped the stupidest trap set by the United States and its allies in order to counter our country with Ukraine’s assistance and use this very [[anti-Russia]] entity, things might have been different... Had there been no jeering [[thief|thieves]], political doormats and blushful [[neo-Nazi]]s in the [[Zelensky regime|Ukrainian leadership]], [[history]] could have gone a different way... Had the [[Kiev regime|Kiev ringleaders]] fulfilled the [[Realpolitik|realistic conditions]] of the [[Minsk Agreements]] at some point, then, perhaps, there would have been no need for the [[special military operation]], as our president has rightly observed”.<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1755187</ref>}}
    
===US & UK sabotage peace talks===
 
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''Ukrainska Pravda'' reported in May 2022 on Boris Johnson's unannounced surprise visit to Kyiv shortly after Russia and Ukraine had reached a peace settlement in their talks in [[Istanbul]].  The Russians had agreed to withdraw to the pre-February 2022 borders and Zelensky would implement the [[Minsk Accords]]. ''Ukrainska Pravda'' reported in essence what Johnson told Zelensky according to sources close to the Ukrainian dictator:
 
''Ukrainska Pravda'' reported in May 2022 on Boris Johnson's unannounced surprise visit to Kyiv shortly after Russia and Ukraine had reached a peace settlement in their talks in [[Istanbul]].  The Russians had agreed to withdraw to the pre-February 2022 borders and Zelensky would implement the [[Minsk Accords]]. ''Ukrainska Pravda'' reported in essence what Johnson told Zelensky according to sources close to the Ukrainian dictator:
 
[[File:Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Ukrainian troops training in North Yorkshire.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|Boris Johnson posing with Ukrainian special forces. Most were killed in an unsuccessful NATO raid on the [[Zaporozhye nuclear power plant]].]]
 
[[File:Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Ukrainian troops training in North Yorkshire.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|Boris Johnson posing with Ukrainian special forces. Most were killed in an unsuccessful NATO raid on the [[Zaporozhye nuclear power plant]].]]
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{{quotebox-float|"If Ukraine is ready to sign some agreements on guarantees with Putin, they [the UK and US] are not. Johnson’s position was that the [[Western alliance|collective West]], which back in February had suggested Zelenskyy should surrender and flee, now felt that Putin was not really as powerful as they had previously imagined, and that here was a chance to "press him."<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/western-allies-led-uks-johnson-sabotaged-tentative-ukraine-russia-peace-deal Western Allies Led By UK's Johnson Sabotaged Tentative Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal... In April], Tyler Durden, SEP 01, 2022. zerohedge.com</ref>}}
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{{quotebox-float|"If Ukraine is ready to sign some agreements on guarantees with Putin, they [the UK and US] are not. Johnson’s position was that the [[Western alliance|collective West]], which back in February had suggested Zelenskyy should surrender and flee, now felt that Putin was not really as powerful as they had previously imagined, and that here was a chance to " press him."<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/western-allies-led-uks-johnson-sabotaged-tentative-ukraine-russia-peace-deal Western Allies Led By UK's Johnson Sabotaged Tentative Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal... In April], Tyler Durden, SEP 01, 2022. zerohedge.com</ref>}}
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Only a month after Russia was forced by innumerable actions by [[the West]] to achieve the aims of protecting the Russian-speaking people of the Donbas region and the Russian Federation itself from a malevolent Ukrainian regime becoming a NATO state on its border, Russia initiated peace negotiations. These bore fruit in March 2022 when significant progress was announced from Istanbul where the talks between the two sides were being held. Russia removed its troops from around the capital Kiev, and sent them there with the goal, not of conquest, but of bringing the [[Kiev regime]] to its senses and negotiating a peaceful outcome. This avenue toward a peaceful resolution of all areas of concern was swiftly blocked via a visit to Kiev by then-British prime minister Boris Johnson. This one act condemned upwards of half a million Ukrainians to their deaths and the potential destruction of Ukraine as a viable state.<ref>[https://aearnur.substack.com/p/in-ukraine-the-western-powers-have IN UKRAINE THE WESTERN POWERS HAVE CREATED A POISONOUS WEB OF LIES], AEARNUR, NOV 11, 2023. aearnur.substack.com</ref>
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Only a month after Russia was forced by innumerable actions by [[the West]] to achieve the aims of protecting the Russian-speaking people of the Donbas region and the Russian Federation itself from a malevolent Ukrainian regime becoming a NATO state on its border, Russia initiated peace negotiations. These bore fruit in March 2022 when significant progress was announced in Istanbul, where the talks between the two sides were being held. Russia removed its troops from around the capital Kiev, and sent them there with the goal, not of conquest, but of bringing the [[Kiev regime]] to its senses and negotiating a peaceful outcome. This avenue toward a peaceful resolution of all areas of concern was swiftly blocked via a visit to Kiev by then-British prime minister Boris Johnson. This one act condemned upwards of half a million Ukrainians to their deaths and the potential destruction of Ukraine as a viable state.<ref>[https://aearnur.substack.com/p/in-ukraine-the-western-powers-have IN UKRAINE THE WESTERN POWERS HAVE CREATED A POISONOUS WEB OF LIES], AEARNUR, NOV 11, 2023. aearnur.substack.com</ref>
    
The sudden failure of the Istanbul agreement led to the immediate influx of mass amounts of the latest U.S. gear such as [[HIMAR]]s. Zelensky was secretly promised unlimited funding and military support as bait. Stuck between the path of peace or the chance to go down in history as the one man who could do what [[Genghis Khan]], [[Napoleon]], and [[Hitler]] could not do. Zelensky chose to put his faith in NATO’s invincibility.  Ukrainian journalist [[Diana Panchenko]] confirmed what happened:
 
The sudden failure of the Istanbul agreement led to the immediate influx of mass amounts of the latest U.S. gear such as [[HIMAR]]s. Zelensky was secretly promised unlimited funding and military support as bait. Stuck between the path of peace or the chance to go down in history as the one man who could do what [[Genghis Khan]], [[Napoleon]], and [[Hitler]] could not do. Zelensky chose to put his faith in NATO’s invincibility.  Ukrainian journalist [[Diana Panchenko]] confirmed what happened:
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Since then the Ukrainian President has said many times that he is not going to hold talks with the Russian Federation under President Vladimir Putin. Recently, he codified this ban in law. We have never sought negotiations. The Istanbul round completed the process started at Ukraine’s request. Russia positively reacted to the proposal to enter a dialogue, but its initiators cut it off with a shout from overseas or London.
 
Since then the Ukrainian President has said many times that he is not going to hold talks with the Russian Federation under President Vladimir Putin. Recently, he codified this ban in law. We have never sought negotiations. The Istanbul round completed the process started at Ukraine’s request. Russia positively reacted to the proposal to enter a dialogue, but its initiators cut it off with a shout from overseas or London.
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We are hearing statements by [[White House]] representative John Kirby, my colleague Antony Blinken and other members of the US administration. They are saying that they are completely open to talks with the Russian Federation, and that they favor a political settlement of the current situation in Ukraine but Russia (the “troublemaker”) is rejecting proposals to establish contact. I can say straight away that this is a lie. We have not received any serious proposals to establish any such contact. There were some attempts that were not very serious, but we didn’t reject them, either. Instead, we suggested that they formulate specific proposals. Some people made them to us by proxy but in this case, we didn’t receive any clear explanations from anyone, either. No need to lie. We were taught in a kindergarten then lying is bad. Apparently, American kindergartens are not so advanced as they were in the [[Soviet Union]] and are now in Russia."}}
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We are hearing statements by [[White House]] representative John Kirby, my colleague Antony Blinken and other members of the US administration. They are saying that they are completely open to talks with the Russian Federation, and that they favor a political settlement of the current situation in Ukraine, but Russia (the “troublemaker”) is rejecting proposals to establish contact. I can say straight away that this is a lie. We have not received any serious proposals to establish any such contact. There were some attempts that were not very serious, but we didn’t reject them, either. Instead, we suggested that they formulate specific proposals. Some people made them to us by proxy, but in this case, we didn’t receive any clear explanations from anyone, either. No need to lie. We were taught in a kindergarten that lying is bad. Apparently, American kindergartens are not so advanced as they were in the [[Soviet Union]] and are now in Russia."}}
 
In mid-December 2023 Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky posted on [[Twitter|X]]:
 
In mid-December 2023 Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky posted on [[Twitter|X]]:
 
{{quotebox-float|“As for the peace agreement, it is already well-known that it was initialed by negotiators of Ze [Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky], and its copy was shown by [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin. And this story, as well as the direct involvement of the UK and the US in persuading Ze to reject [the agreement], has been [[corroborate]]d by numerous [[witness]]es. However, you have nothing to worry about, as Ze’s Ukraine has blown its chances for such a favorable outcome, and therefore any possible deal will now reflect its capitulation.”<ref>[https://sonar21.com/the-end-of-ukraine/ THE END OF UKRAINE], by Observer R ADDENDUM by [[Larry Johnson]], December 17, 2023. sonar21.com. Quoted from [https://tass.com/politics/1722361 TASS, December 16, 2023].</ref>}}
 
{{quotebox-float|“As for the peace agreement, it is already well-known that it was initialed by negotiators of Ze [Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky], and its copy was shown by [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin. And this story, as well as the direct involvement of the UK and the US in persuading Ze to reject [the agreement], has been [[corroborate]]d by numerous [[witness]]es. However, you have nothing to worry about, as Ze’s Ukraine has blown its chances for such a favorable outcome, and therefore any possible deal will now reflect its capitulation.”<ref>[https://sonar21.com/the-end-of-ukraine/ THE END OF UKRAINE], by Observer R ADDENDUM by [[Larry Johnson]], December 17, 2023. sonar21.com. Quoted from [https://tass.com/politics/1722361 TASS, December 16, 2023].</ref>}}
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===Russia de-ratifies Nuclear Test Ban Treaty===
 
===Russia de-ratifies Nuclear Test Ban Treaty===
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On October 19, 2023, The [[Biden regime]] conducted a nuclear test in [[Nevada]].<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/us-conducts-nuclear-test-nevada-233645695.html</ref> A Kremlin statement on October 24, 2023, stated that Russia has successfully tested its ability to launch a massive nuclear retaliation strike by land, sea, and air. This show of power coincided with the Russian State Duma withdrawing its ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). The [[United States]], while signing the treaty, never ratified it.<ref>[https://korybko.substack.com/p/russia-had-every-right-to-revoke Russia Had Every Right To Revoke Ratification Of The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty], [[ANDREW KORYBKO]], NOV 4, 2023. korybko.substack.com</ref>
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On October 19, 2023, The [[Biden regime]] conducted a nuclear test in [[Nevada]].<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/us-conducts-nuclear-test-nevada-233645695.html</ref> A Kremlin statement on October 24, 2023, stated that Russia has successfully tested its ability to launch a massive nuclear retaliation strike by land, sea, and air. This show of power coincided with the Russian State Duma withdrawing its ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). The [[United States]], while signing the treaty, never ratifiedt.<ref>[https://korybko.substack.com/p/russia-had-every-right-to-revoke Russia Had Every Right To Revoke Ratification Of The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty], [[ANDREW KORYBKO]], NOV 4, 2023. korybko.substack.com</ref>
    
Deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov said Russia was not ready to begin nuclear talks with the United States until Washington abandons its hostile stance. The development comes days after Russia was attacked by the long-range [[ATACMS]] missiles delivered to Ukraine by the United States.
 
Deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov said Russia was not ready to begin nuclear talks with the United States until Washington abandons its hostile stance. The development comes days after Russia was attacked by the long-range [[ATACMS]] missiles delivered to Ukraine by the United States.
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After passing unanimously in the Lower House, the bill to de-ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CBTB) was approved by the Upper House by 156 votes to zero. The approved legislation was sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his signature.
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After passing unanimously in the Lower House, the bill to de-ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was approved by the Upper House by 156 votes to zero. The approved legislation was sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his signature.
    
==Escalation==
 
==Escalation==
 
{{See also|Escalation in the NATO war in Ukraine|Obama war crimes}}
 
{{See also|Escalation in the NATO war in Ukraine|Obama war crimes}}
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Escalation in the NATO war in Ukraine began in 2014 shortly after the United States and UK's failed efforts to take over the [[Sevastopol]] Naval Base in [[Crimea]] during the U.S.-backed anti-[[democracy|democratic]] [[Maidan coup]]. In a foot race, the Russians made it to Crimea first to protect their vital [[national security]] asset at Sevastopol naval base before the US and NATO, following the US overthrow of the democratically elected President of Ukraine, [[Victor Yanukovich]].
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Escalation in the NATO war in Ukraine began in 2014 shortly after the United States' and UK's failed efforts to take over the [[Sevastopol]] Naval Base in [[Crimea]] during the U.S.-backed anti-[[democracy|democratic]] [[Maidan coup]]. In a foot race, the Russians made it to Crimea first to protect their vital [[national security]] asset at Sevastopol naval base before the US and NATO, following the US overthrow of the democratically elected President of Ukraine, [[Victor Yanukovich]].
 
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|colspan="3"|<hr/>[[LGBT]] activist and head of NATO [[Jens Stoltenberg]] admitted NATO expansion was the cause of Russian intervention into the [[Ukraine civil conflict]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/Zf5xEBwBhds "Not About Nato"], Matt Orfalea, Oct 2, 2023. YouTube</ref>
 
|colspan="3"|<hr/>[[LGBT]] activist and head of NATO [[Jens Stoltenberg]] admitted NATO expansion was the cause of Russian intervention into the [[Ukraine civil conflict]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/Zf5xEBwBhds "Not About Nato"], Matt Orfalea, Oct 2, 2023. YouTube</ref>
 
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Although the United States successfully overthrew the Russian client state in its capital city Kyiv, it failed in its covert purpose for overthrowing the regime - to seize one of three of Russia's most vital national security assets linking Russia to the outside world. The port cities of Sevastopol, Murmansk, and [[Vladivostok]] are Russia's only links for trade with the outside world. Murmansk in the frozen north is not open year-round, and Vladivostok is a 6-day journey by train from Moscow. Sevastopol and its surrounding territory of Crimea are close to the Russian homelands, are majority ethnic Russian and Russian speaking, and are Russia's most valued strategic asset. Without any of these three vital ports, Russia is landlocked and impoverished because of a lack of trade routes. Sevastopol had been leased to the Russian Federation by Ukraine on a long-term lease after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Although the United States successfully overthrew the Russian client state in its capital city Kyiv, it failed in its covert purpose for overthrowing the regime - to seize one of Russia's three most vital national security assets linking Russia to the outside world. The port cities of Sevastopol, Murmansk, and [[Vladivostok]] are Russia's only links for trade with the outside world. Murmansk in the frozen north is not open year-round, and Vladivostok is a 6-day journey by train from Moscow. Sevastopol and its surrounding territory of Crimea are close to the Russian homelands, are majority ethnic Russian and Russian-speaking, and are Russia's most valued strategic asset. Without any of these three vital ports, Russia is landlocked and impoverished because of a lack of trade routes. Sevastopol had been leased to the Russian Federation by Ukraine on a long-term lease after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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The "interagency consensus" of the U.S. [[Deep State]], as Lt. Col. [[Alexander Vindman]] referred to it in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, conducted an armed [[proxy war]] since 2014 in Ukraine with heavy weapons against Russian-speaking civilians.<ref>"The West has used everything from signals intelligence operations, espionage, fighter jet saber-rattling, and diplomatic standoffs to stem the rise of Russian influence around the world. These efforts are coming to a dangerous head in Ukraine — a classic Eastern Bloc proxy state — where the presence of NATO troops is driving tensions to Cold War-era levels.
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The "interagency consensus" of the U.S. [[Deep State]], as Lt. Col. [[Alexander Vindman]] referred to it in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, has conducted an armed [[proxy war]] since 2014 in Ukraine with heavy weapons against Russian-speaking civilians.<ref>"The West has used everything from signals intelligence operations, espionage, fighter jet saber-rattling, and diplomatic standoffs to stem the rise of Russian influence around the world. These efforts are coming to a dangerous head in Ukraine — a classic Eastern Bloc proxy state — where the presence of NATO troops is driving tensions to Cold War-era levels.
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As the armed conflict between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed separatists enters its third year, VICE travels to the frontline to take a closer look at what international assistance really looks like for those caught in the line of fire. [https://youtu.be/e7D4r8OTgTw On the Frontlines of Ukraine's Proxy War Between the West and Russia], VICE News, Oct 5, 2016.</ref> These weapons included artillery and airstrikes against civilians. [[President Donald Trump]] was [[impeachment and removal|impeached]] in 2019 by the [[Democratic party]] who controlled the [[United States House of Representatives]] for going against this "interagency consensus" which fomented the proxy war between the United States and Russia in Ukraine, and denying a democratically elected president the right to set the [[foreign policy]] of his own administration.<ref>https://nationalinterest.org/feature/groupthink-resurgent-106951</ref>
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As the armed conflict between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed separatists enters its third year, VICE travels to the frontline to take a closer look at what international assistance really looks like for those caught in the line of fire. [https://youtu.be/e7D4r8OTgTw On the Frontlines of Ukraine's Proxy War Between the West and Russia], VICE News, Oct 5, 2016.</ref> These weapons included artillery and airstrikes against civilians. [[President Donald Trump]] was [[impeachment and removal|impeached]] in 2019 by the [[Democratic party]] who controlled the [[United States House of Representatives]] for going against this "interagency consensus" which fomented the proxy war between the United States and Russia in Ukraine, and denied a democratically elected president the right to set the [[foreign policy]] of his own administration.<ref>https://nationalinterest.org/feature/groupthink-resurgent-106951</ref>
    
On March 7, 2024, TASS reported Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev's warning:  
 
On March 7, 2024, TASS reported Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev's warning:  
 
[[File:Stoltenberg and von der Leyen.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Globalist warmongers Jens Stoltenberg and [[Ursula von der Leyen]].]]
 
[[File:Stoltenberg and von der Leyen.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Globalist warmongers Jens Stoltenberg and [[Ursula von der Leyen]].]]
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{{quotebox-float|The [[collective West]] is trying to push ahead with its unrealistic plans for inflicting a strategic defeat on our country in Ukraine using the [[Zelensky regime|neo-Nazi terrorist regime]]...By continuing to provide large-scale military and military-technical assistance, [[the West]] is actually participating in the armed conflict...In connection with the failure of the hyped [[2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive|Ukrainian counteroffensive]] and the successful actions of the Russian Armed Forces, French [[President Macron]], following the 26 February conference in [[Paris]] on Ukraine did not rule out the possibility of sending NATO military contingents to Ukraine...He said the [[Western alliance|Western countries]] intend to do everything necessary to prevent Russia from winning in Ukraine...The [[Vladimir Putin|Russian president]] in his message to the Federal Assembly recalled of the fate of all those who sent their contingents to our country and warned that now the consequences for possible intruders would be much more tragic and that Russia has [[weapon]]s that can hit targets on their territory.<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1756941</ref>}}
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{{quotebox-float|The [[collective West]] is trying to push ahead with its unrealistic plans for inflicting a strategic defeat on our country in Ukraine using the [[Zelensky regime|neo-Nazi terrorist regime]]...By continuing to provide large-scale military and military-technical assistance, [[the West]] is actually participating in the armed conflict...In connection with the failure of the hyped [[2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive|Ukrainian counteroffensive]] and the successful actions of the Russian Armed Forces, French [[President Macron]], following the 26 February conference in [[Paris]] on Ukraine, did not rule out the possibility of sending NATO military contingents to Ukraine...He said the [[Western alliance|Western countries]] intend to do everything necessary to prevent Russia from winning in Ukraine...The [[Vladimir Putin|Russian president]] in his message to the Federal Assembly recalled the fate of all those who sent their contingents to our country and warned that now the consequences for possible intruders would be much more tragic and that Russia has [[weapon]]s that can hit targets on their territory.<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1756941</ref>}}
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On March 20, 2024 Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported that since the beginning of 2024 four [[Abrams tank]]s, 5 German [[Leopard tank]]s, 27 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 6 [[HIMARS]] launchers, 11 anti-aircraft missile launchers including 5 [[Patriot missile]] systems had been destroyed.
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On March 20, 2024, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported that since the beginning of 2024 four [[Abrams tank]]s, 5 German [[Leopard tank]]s, 27 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 6 [[HIMARS]] launchers, 11 anti-aircraft missile launchers including 5 [[Patriot missile]] systems had been destroyed.
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On March 21, 2024 military expert Alexander Zimovsky posted to Telegram,
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On March 21, 2024, military expert Alexander Zimovsky posted to Telegram,
 
[[File:NATO forces in Ukraine Mar 24.PNG|right|300px|thumb|NATO forces in Ukraine, March 2024.]]
 
[[File:NATO forces in Ukraine Mar 24.PNG|right|300px|thumb|NATO forces in Ukraine, March 2024.]]
 
{{quotebox-float|In the near future, Ukraine will receive the entire range of Western weapons of the ground forces and aviation, which includes a full set of systems comparable in power to TNW [Thermonuclear Weapons].
 
{{quotebox-float|In the near future, Ukraine will receive the entire range of Western weapons of the ground forces and aviation, which includes a full set of systems comparable in power to TNW [Thermonuclear Weapons].
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It remains to take this topic offline.
 
It remains to take this topic offline.
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And we need to understand: where, when and how will it start?
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"And we need to understand: where, when and how will it start?
    
Don't even doubt what will start. All political decisions have already been made. It's up to the big battalions."
 
Don't even doubt what will start. All political decisions have already been made. It's up to the big battalions."
    
The dream of the Ukrainian Nazis is coming true - NATO is going to war with Russia.<ref>https://t.me/zimovskyAL/29759</ref>}}
 
The dream of the Ukrainian Nazis is coming true - NATO is going to war with Russia.<ref>https://t.me/zimovskyAL/29759</ref>}}
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A report on the same day from Cherkasy in central Ukraine, hundreds of kilometers from the front read:
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A report on the same day from Cherkasy in central Ukraine, hundreds of kilometers from the front, read:
 
{{quotebox-float|We received information about the arrival of a huge number of foreign military personnel in the city. [[Pole]]s, [[German]]s, [[French]].
 
{{quotebox-float|We received information about the arrival of a huge number of foreign military personnel in the city. [[Pole]]s, [[German]]s, [[French]].
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===Crocus Hall terrorist attack===
 
===Crocus Hall terrorist attack===
 
{{See also|Crocus Hall terrorist attack}}
 
{{See also|Crocus Hall terrorist attack}}
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On March 22, 2024 four [[Kyiv regime]]/[[NATO]]-backed [[terrorist]]s attacked civilians at a rock concert in [[Moscow]]. More than 143 concertgoers were killed, including five children aged 8 to 11.  
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On March 22, 2024, four [[Kyiv regime]]/[[NATO]]-backed [[terrorist]]s attacked civilians at a rock concert in [[Moscow]]. More than 143 concertgoers were killed, including five children aged 8 to 11.  
    
The Crocus City Hall, Russia's largest music concert hall seating some 6,000, is part of a large shopping mall complex located in the suburb of Krasnogorsk on the northwestern outskirts of Moscow. The concert was to feature the band Picnic with a symphony orchestra to perform their new hit ''Don't Be Afraid of Anything''.
 
The Crocus City Hall, Russia's largest music concert hall seating some 6,000, is part of a large shopping mall complex located in the suburb of Krasnogorsk on the northwestern outskirts of Moscow. The concert was to feature the band Picnic with a symphony orchestra to perform their new hit ''Don't Be Afraid of Anything''.
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Four militants, armed with automatic weapons, entered the building and began to methodically shoot everyone who came in their way. Eyewitnesses said that they had Kalashnikov assault rifles and carbines equipped with sights, apparently collimators, and even flashlights, and small backpacks on their shoulders. Most of the attackers' faces were covered with scarves, but some of the witnesses saw beards sticking out from under them. The terrorists were young men, above average height, up to 180 cm, possibly using false beards and mustaches.  
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Four militants, armed with automatic weapons, entered the building and began to methodically shoot everyone who came in their way. Eyewitnesses said that they had Kalashnikov assault rifles and carbines equipped with sights, apparently collimators, and even flashlights, and small backpacks on their shoulders. Most of the attackers' faces were covered with scarves, but some of the witnesses saw beards sticking out from under them. The terrorists were young men, above average height, up to 180 cm, possibly using false beards and mustaches.  
    
The criminals acted in a coordinated manner, in a military manner, as if such actions were a habitual thing for them. According to the security forces, the terrorists had military and airsoft training, using it against civilians and unsuspecting people.
 
The criminals acted in a coordinated manner, in a military manner, as if such actions were a habitual thing for them. According to the security forces, the terrorists had military and airsoft training, using it against civilians and unsuspecting people.
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After spilling the liquid they had brought with them, they set fire to the curtain and chairs with incendiary devices. When the fire flared up, rising to the very top and engulfing part of the roof, they, according to preliminary data, left the scene of the massacre. An explosion was heard. About 100 people were trapped inside, who were rescued by the fire department. The roof of the building collapsed. Special Forces of the [[FSB]] entered the building.
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After spilling the liquid they had brought with them, they set fire to the curtain and chairs with incendiary devices. When the fire flared up, rising to the very top and engulfing part of the roof, they, according to preliminary data, left the scene of the massacre. An explosion was heard. About 100 people were trapped inside and were rescued by the fire department. The roof of the building collapsed. Special Forces of the [[FSB]] entered the building.
 
[[File:Danilov with the Trident.PNG|right|250px|thumb|Danilov posing with the Trident. The UK Counter Terrorism Policing agency listed the Ukrainian Trident next to the [[swastika]] as "symbols commonly associated with [[white supremacy]]" as late as 2020.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-51174898 Ukraine coat of arms in UK anti-terror list furore], By Georgina Rannard, [[BBC News]], 21 January 2020.</ref>]]
 
[[File:Danilov with the Trident.PNG|right|250px|thumb|Danilov posing with the Trident. The UK Counter Terrorism Policing agency listed the Ukrainian Trident next to the [[swastika]] as "symbols commonly associated with [[white supremacy]]" as late as 2020.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-51174898 Ukraine coat of arms in UK anti-terror list furore], By Georgina Rannard, [[BBC News]], 21 January 2020.</ref>]]
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On March 5, 2024 US Undersecretary of State [[Victoria Nuland]] announced, "[[Putin]] is going to get some nice surprises".<ref>https://grabien.com/story.php?id=458277</ref> Two days later the United States Embassy in Moscow issued a security alert to avoid large crowds, specifically concerts.<ref>[https://ru.usembassy.gov/security-alert-avoid-large-gatherings-over-the-next-48-hours/ Security Alert: Avoid Large Gatherings over the Next 48 Hours]. United States Embassy & Consulates in Russia, March 7, 2024. ru.usembassy.gov</ref> Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Nazi [[Oleksiy Danilov]] confirmed Ukrainian involvement in the terrorist attack on television:  
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On March 5, 2024, US Undersecretary of State [[Victoria Nuland]] announced, "[[Putin]] is going to get some nice surprises".<ref>https://grabien.com/story.php?id=458277</ref> Two days later, the United States Embassy in Moscow issued a security alert to avoid large crowds, specifically concerts.<ref>[https://ru.usembassy.gov/security-alert-avoid-large-gatherings-over-the-next-48-hours/ Security Alert: Avoid Large Gatherings over the Next 48 Hours]. United States Embassy & Consulates in Russia, March 7, 2024. ru.usembassy.gov</ref> and the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Nazi [[Oleksiy Danilov]] confirmed Ukrainian involvement in the terrorist attack on television:  
 
{{Cquote|We will give them this kind of fun more often. Is it fun in Moscow today? I think it’s a lot of fun. I would like to believe that we will arrange such fun for them more often. After all, they are “brotherly” people, and we need to please our relatives more often, go to visit them more often. So, we will go.}}
 
{{Cquote|We will give them this kind of fun more often. Is it fun in Moscow today? I think it’s a lot of fun. I would like to believe that we will arrange such fun for them more often. After all, they are “brotherly” people, and we need to please our relatives more often, go to visit them more often. So, we will go.}}
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11 suspects were apprehended, including the four who committed the murders in the auditorium. They attempted to evade a roadblock in [[Bryansk]] province, following a car chase and exchange of gunfire with [[law enforcement]] officers while heading for the Ukrainian border. In televised comments to a nation in mourning, President Vladimir Putin put the attack in the context of global terrorism saying it was a kind of 'demonstrative execution'. President Putin said "There is information about the preparation of an escape window for the murderers on the Ukrainian side"
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11 suspects were apprehended, including the four who committed the murders in the auditorium. They attempted to evade a roadblock in [[Bryansk]] province following a car chase and exchange of gunfire with [[law enforcement]] officers while heading for the Ukrainian border. In televised comments to a nation in mourning, President Vladimir Putin put the attack in the context of global terrorism, saying it was a kind of 'demonstrative execution'. President Putin said "There is information about the preparation of an escape window for the murderers on the Ukrainian side"
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Moscow authorities reported several were citizens of the Central Asian republic of [[Tajikistan]], although Tajik authorities deny that their people were involved. Representatives of the [[CIA]] created [[proxy war|proxy force]] [[ISIS-K]]<ref>McCarthy, Andrew C., [https://www.nationalreview.com/article/388990/khorosan-group-does-not-exist-andrew-c-mccarthy The Khorasan Group Does Not Exist]. nationalreview.com</ref> claimed responsibility.<ref>[https://theintercept.com/2014/09/28/u-s-officials-invented-terror-group-justify-bombing-syria/ THE FAKE TERROR THREAT USED TO JUSTIFY BOMBING SYRIA], [[Glenn Greenwald]], Murtaza Hussain, ''The Intercept'', September 28 2014. theintercept.com</ref> One of the terrorists revealed under interrogation that they were paid 500,000 rubles (USD $5,000). Another 500,000 was to be paid later after the attack.
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Moscow authorities reported several were citizens of the Central Asian republic of [[Tajikistan]], although Tajik authorities deny that their people were involved. Representatives of the [[CIA]] created [[proxy war|proxy force]] [[ISIS-K]]<ref>McCarthy, Andrew C., [https://www.nationalreview.com/article/388990/khorosan-group-does-not-exist-andrew-c-mccarthy The Khorasan Group Does Not Exist]. nationalreview.com</ref> claimed responsibility.<ref>[https://theintercept.com/2014/09/28/u-s-officials-invented-terror-group-justify-bombing-syria/ THE FAKE TERROR THREAT USED TO JUSTIFY BOMBING SYRIA], [[Glenn Greenwald]], Murtaza Hussain, ''The Intercept'', September 28 2014. theintercept.com</ref> One of the terrorists revealed under interrogation that they were paid 500,000 rubles (USD $5,000). Another 500,000 was to be paid later after the attack.
    
The United States Embassy in Moscow sent out a security alert in advance of the attack to avoid large crowds, specifically concerts.<ref>[https://ru.usembassy.gov/security-alert-avoid-large-gatherings-over-the-next-48-hours/ Security Alert: Avoid Large Gatherings over the Next 48 Hours]. United States Embassy & Consulates in Russia, March 7, 2024. ru.usembassy.gov</ref>
 
The United States Embassy in Moscow sent out a security alert in advance of the attack to avoid large crowds, specifically concerts.<ref>[https://ru.usembassy.gov/security-alert-avoid-large-gatherings-over-the-next-48-hours/ Security Alert: Avoid Large Gatherings over the Next 48 Hours]. United States Embassy & Consulates in Russia, March 7, 2024. ru.usembassy.gov</ref>
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Hours before the attack, OSINTdefender the [[CIA]] [[front]] posted on X (formerly) [[Twitter]]: "Members of [[U.S. National Security Council]] and the [[White House]] have reportedly started to become Increasingly Frustrated by “Unauthorized Brazen Actions” taken by Ukraine against Russia."<ref>https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1771076956651393051</ref> The [[Biden administration]] feared that Ukraine attacks on Russian oil refineries would run up gas pump prices for [[American]]s and hurt [[Joe Biden]]'s re-election chances.  
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Hours before the attack, OSINTdefender, the [[CIA]] [[front]] posted on X (formerly) [[Twitter]]: "Members of [[U.S. National Security Council]] and the [[White House]] have reportedly started to become Increasingly Frustrated by “Unauthorized Brazen Actions” taken by Ukraine against Russia."<ref>https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1771076956651393051</ref> The [[Biden administration]] feared that Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries would run up gas pump prices for [[American]]s and hurt [[Joe Biden]]'s re-election chances.  
    
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''[[The New York Times]]'' named Eric Schmidt as being the main impetus behind Ukraine’s new push toward autonomous [[AI]] drones which can hunt human targets on their own after their signal has been cut by [[Electronic warfare]].<ref>[https://archive.is/ZuoAw In Ukraine, New American Technology Won the Day. Until It Was Overwhelmed.] David E. Sanger, ''New York Times'', Published April 23, 2024 Updated April 25, 2024.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/politics/ukraine-new-american-technology.html </ref>
 
''[[The New York Times]]'' named Eric Schmidt as being the main impetus behind Ukraine’s new push toward autonomous [[AI]] drones which can hunt human targets on their own after their signal has been cut by [[Electronic warfare]].<ref>[https://archive.is/ZuoAw In Ukraine, New American Technology Won the Day. Until It Was Overwhelmed.] David E. Sanger, ''New York Times'', Published April 23, 2024 Updated April 25, 2024.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/politics/ukraine-new-american-technology.html </ref>
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Google’s pilot project with the [[US Defense Department]]’s Project Maven, an effort to identify objects in drone footage, was discussed widely within the company when information about the project was shared on an internal mailing list. Some Google employees were outraged that the company would offer resources to the military for [[surveillance]] technology involved in drone operations while others argued that the project raised important [[ethical]] questions about the development and use of [[machine learning]].
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Google’s pilot project with the [[US Defense Department]]’s Project Maven, an effort to identify objects in drone footage, was discussed widely within the company when information about the project was shared on an internal mailing list. Some Google employees were outraged that the company would offer resources to the military for [[surveillance]] technology involved in drone operations, while others argued that the project raised important [[ethical]] questions about the development and use of [[machine learning]].
    
Schmidt summed up the tech industry’s concerns about collaborating with the [[Pentagon]], “There’s a general concern in the tech community of somehow the [[military-industrial complex]] using their stuff to [[kill]] people incorrectly," leaving unanswered the question of the "correct" or proper way to kill people.<ref>https://gizmodo.com/google-is-helping-the-pentagon-build-ai-for-drones-1823464533</ref>
 
Schmidt summed up the tech industry’s concerns about collaborating with the [[Pentagon]], “There’s a general concern in the tech community of somehow the [[military-industrial complex]] using their stuff to [[kill]] people incorrectly," leaving unanswered the question of the "correct" or proper way to kill people.<ref>https://gizmodo.com/google-is-helping-the-pentagon-build-ai-for-drones-1823464533</ref>
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(2) renounce membership and close ties with NATO;
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(3) and adopt measures to protect the Russian language and ethnic Russians in whatever rump of Ukraine remains.
    
These were President Putin’s declared goals of ‘demilitarization’ and ‘denazification’ of the U.S. Maidan puppet state.<ref>[https://gordonhahn.com/2023/11/16/in-putins-russia-politics-is-war-by-other-means-and-war-is-revolutionizing-russian-military-affairs/ In Putin’s Russia Politics is War by Other Means and War is Revolutionizing Russian Military Affairs], Gordon Hahn, ''Russian and Eurasian Politics'', November 16, 2023. gordonhahn.com</ref>
 
These were President Putin’s declared goals of ‘demilitarization’ and ‘denazification’ of the U.S. Maidan puppet state.<ref>[https://gordonhahn.com/2023/11/16/in-putins-russia-politics-is-war-by-other-means-and-war-is-revolutionizing-russian-military-affairs/ In Putin’s Russia Politics is War by Other Means and War is Revolutionizing Russian Military Affairs], Gordon Hahn, ''Russian and Eurasian Politics'', November 16, 2023. gordonhahn.com</ref>
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The Battle of Mariupol was a key engagement in the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war.  Sam Garrens has called the Battle of Mariupol, "the last battle of the [[Second World War]]."<ref>https://youtu.be/j5SbDFq-Lr8</ref>
 
The Battle of Mariupol was a key engagement in the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war.  Sam Garrens has called the Battle of Mariupol, "the last battle of the [[Second World War]]."<ref>https://youtu.be/j5SbDFq-Lr8</ref>
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Mariupol on the [[Sea of Azov]] is predominantly a Russian city.  After the [[Maidan coup]] in 2014, many Ukrainian nationalist, elements of the [[Pravy Sektor]] from the [[Kharkov]] region western [[Ukraine]] were deployed to Mariupol by the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior's National Guard and terrorized the local, predominantly Russian, population. The soldiers of the new Maidan coup regime murder police who refused to participate in the take over and fire on unarmed civilians.<ref>[[Graham Phillips]], [https://rumble.com/v4na3aw-more-than-20-days-in-mariupol.html More Than 20 Days in Mariupol], April 3, 2024. [[Rumble]]</ref> Mariupol became the hot bed of neo-Nazi activity from 2014 to 2022 and the site of some of the most intense fighting during the Russian special [[denazification]] operation.
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Mariupol on the [[Sea of Azov]] is predominantly a Russian city.  After the [[Maidan coup]] in 2014, many Ukrainian nationalist elements of the [[Pravy Sektor]] from the [[Kharkov]] region, western [[Ukraine]] were deployed to Mariupol by the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior's National Guard and terrorized the local, predominantly Russian, population. The soldiers of the new Maidan coup regime murdered police who refused to participate in the takeover and fired on unarmed civilians.<ref>[[Graham Phillips]], [https://rumble.com/v4na3aw-more-than-20-days-in-mariupol.html More Than 20 Days in Mariupol], April 3, 2024. [[Rumble]]</ref> Mariupol became the hotbed of neo-Nazi activity from 2014 to 2022 and the site of some of the most intense fighting during the Russian special [[denazification]] operation.
    
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===Battle of Severodonetsk-Lysychansk===
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The Ukraine's extensive, deeply-layered defense in the Donbas was broken apart, one hedgerow or defense line at a time.  Every town or village taken by DPR forces was an absolute mess of destroyed homes, sliced-up trees, abandoned trenches or bunkers, wrecked Ukrainian equipment, Ukrainian bodies, and the weapons and munitions, disorganized piles of supplies, and trash that the Ukrainians left.<ref>https://videopress.com/embed/LWJWQXqA</ref>  By March 27, 2022, DPR forces, with support from their own and Russian artillery as well as Russian airstrikes, finally broke through the painstakingly-engineered, heretofore-impenetrable first line of defense around Ukrainian-held Avdiivka (pop. 30,000).  About 15,000 Ukrainian troops remained in the Avdiivka bridgehead.
 
The Ukraine's extensive, deeply-layered defense in the Donbas was broken apart, one hedgerow or defense line at a time.  Every town or village taken by DPR forces was an absolute mess of destroyed homes, sliced-up trees, abandoned trenches or bunkers, wrecked Ukrainian equipment, Ukrainian bodies, and the weapons and munitions, disorganized piles of supplies, and trash that the Ukrainians left.<ref>https://videopress.com/embed/LWJWQXqA</ref>  By March 27, 2022, DPR forces, with support from their own and Russian artillery as well as Russian airstrikes, finally broke through the painstakingly-engineered, heretofore-impenetrable first line of defense around Ukrainian-held Avdiivka (pop. 30,000).  About 15,000 Ukrainian troops remained in the Avdiivka bridgehead.
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On May 11, 2022, the AFU blew up a dam near Avdiivka, endangering lives in civilian settlements and creating a humanitarian catastrophe, in order to slow down the advance of the DPR army and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.<ref>https://twitter.com/Levi_godman/status/1524411961454309382</ref>
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By the end of May 2022, the civilians of the city of Donetsk remained under heavy bombardment by the Armed forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka.
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By the end of May 2022, the civilians of the city of Donetsk remained under heavy bombardment by the Armed forces of Ukraine from Avdiivka.
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Shelling of the civilians of Donetsk city by Ukrainian forces from Avdiivka continued throughout the end of May 2022 and into June in an effort to draw Russian forces away from the Severodonetsk-Lysichansk cauldron.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/RamXgEN7qewJ/</ref> On June 11, 2022, a mother and her 11-year-old son were killed by Ukrainian shelling while shopping in an open market. On June 13, 2022, 300 projectiles were fired by the Ukrainian army or by 'nationalists' onto civilian areas of the city of Donetsk.<ref>https://youtu.be/kGrA_I4UNWs</ref> It was the heaviest shelling in 8 years,  A maternity hospital and church were hit.<ref>https://youtu.be/Ub2H8mcvmcM</ref> There were at least 7 dead and 22 wounded. According to the DPR authorities, the daily number of civilian victims exceeded the losses of the DPR military on the front lines.
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Shelling of the civilians of Donetsk city by Ukrainian forces from Avdiivka continued throughout the end of May 2022 and into June in an effort to draw Russian forces away from the Severodonetsk-Lysichansk cauldron.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/RamXgEN7qewJ/</ref> On June 11, 2022, a mother and her 11-year-old son were killed by Ukrainian shelling while shopping in an open market. On June 13, 2022, 300 projectiles were fired by the Ukrainian army or by 'nationalists' onto civilian areas of the city of Donetsk.<ref>https://youtu.be/kGrA_I4UNWs</ref> It was the heaviest shelling in 8 years. A maternity hospital and church were hit.<ref>https://youtu.be/Ub2H8mcvmcM</ref> There were at least 7 dead and 22 wounded. According to the DPR authorities, the daily number of civilian victims exceeded the losses of the DPR military on the front lines.
    
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[[File:M777 Howitzer.PNG|right|300px|thumb|US M777 Howitzer on display in Moscow Victory Park, May 2024.]]
 
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French self-propelled 155-mm CAESAR howitzers were used to kill civilians. The attack was ordered by Ukrainian Colonel Roman Vladimirovich Kachur, commander of the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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French self-propelled 155-mm CAESAR howitzers were used to kill civilians. The attack was ordered by Ukrainian Colonel Roman Vladimirovich Kachur, commander of the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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On June 20, 2022, the Ukrainians used for the first time their HIMAR missiles on the civilians of Donetsk, in addition to continued use of the M777 Howitzers. At least 23 civilians were killed and more than 100 non-combatants were injured over several days of Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk.
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On June 20, 2022, the Ukrainians used for the first time their HIMAR missiles on the civilians of Donetsk, in addition to continued use of the M777 Howitzers. At least 23 civilians were killed and more than 100 non-combatants were injured over several days of Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk.
    
On June 25, 2022, Russian missiles killed 80 Polish mercenaries and destroyed 20 armored vehicles and eight GRAD multiple rocket launchers at the Megatex zinc production facility in Konstantinovka.
 
On June 25, 2022, Russian missiles killed 80 Polish mercenaries and destroyed 20 armored vehicles and eight GRAD multiple rocket launchers at the Megatex zinc production facility in Konstantinovka.
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On July 24, 2022, soldiers of the 131st Reconnaissance Territorial Defense Unit posted a video message to Zelensky protesting illegal orders. The unit expressed its distrust of the battalion command, had been given no written orders, lost 70% of its personnel, was given no artillery support, occupied positions without equipment and ammunition, was armed only with firearms and four magazines, had no communication with command headquarters, no logistical support, no officers, commanders, medics, drinking water or food, no evacuation of wounded or dead. Helmets, bulletproof vests, and anti-tank weapons were taken from them. They did not receive basic pay or combat pay for their service. Their requests to battalion command were ignored.<ref>https://youtu.be/xLOL5a7vsDI</ref>
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On July 24, 2022, soldiers of the 131st Reconnaissance Territorial Defense Unit posted a video message to Zelensky protesting illegal orders. The unit expressed its distrust of the battalion command, had been given no written orders, lost 70% of its personnel, was given no artillery support, occupied positions without equipment and ammunition, was armed only with firearms and four magazines, had no communication with command headquarters, no logistical support, no officers, commanders, medics, drinking water or food, no evacuation of wounded or dead. Helmets, bulletproof vests, and anti-tank weapons were taken from them. They did not receive basic pay or combat pay for their service. Their requests to battalion command were ignored.<ref>https://youtu.be/xLOL5a7vsDI</ref>
 
   
 
   
 
After two months of fighting, Russian forces captured the Uglegorskaya electrical power plant at Vuhlehirska on July 25, 2022.<ref>https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-captures-power-plant-in-southern-ukraine/6677073.html</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/F4VX8i-uny4</ref>
 
After two months of fighting, Russian forces captured the Uglegorskaya electrical power plant at Vuhlehirska on July 25, 2022.<ref>https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-captures-power-plant-in-southern-ukraine/6677073.html</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/F4VX8i-uny4</ref>
 
   
 
   
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On July 26, 2022, Ukraine and NATO forces attacked an oil depot and a psychiatric hospital in the city of Donetsk with three HIMAR missiles. AFU shelling of civilians in [[Gorlivka]] killed one and left several in critical condition.<ref>https://youtu.be/_I1ZKKo8g6g</ref> AFU soldiers of the 54th Brigade, armed only with small arms and shovels, posted a video on social media about the incompetence and negligence of their commanders.<ref>https://youtu.be/F4tvkQu1MF4</ref>
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On July 26, 2022, Ukraine and NATO forces attacked an oil depot and a psychiatric hospital in the city of Donetsk with three HIMAR missiles. AFU shelling of civilians in [[Gorlivka]] killed one and left several in critical condition.<ref>https://youtu.be/_I1ZKKo8g6g</ref> AFU soldiers of the 54th Brigade, armed only with small arms and shovels, posted a video on social media about the incompetence and negligence of their commanders.<ref>https://youtu.be/F4tvkQu1MF4</ref>
 
   
 
   
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By July 27, 2022, a breakthrough to the west occurred for the first time in 8 years of fighting on the Avdiivka-Donetsk front. The breakthrough is said to have been partially enabled by the withdrawal of some AFU troops and transfer to the southern [[Kherson]] front.
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By July 27, 2022, a breakthrough to the west occurred for the first time in 8 years of fighting on the Avdiivka-Donetsk front. The breakthrough is said to have been partially enabled by the withdrawal of some AFU troops and the transfer to the southern [[Kherson]] front.
 
[[File:Elenovka.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Aftermath of Ukrainian strike on Elenovka POW camp.]]
 
[[File:Elenovka.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Aftermath of Ukrainian strike on Elenovka POW camp.]]
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On July 29, 2022 ''Reuters'' reported the prisoner-of-war camp at Elenovka was hit by a U.S.-built [[HIMAR]],<ref>https://youtu.be/xOpXJbE-HIc</ref> causing the deaths of 40 prisoners and 13 guards and prison employees.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-40-ukrainian-pows-killed-by-ukrainian-missile-strike-donetsk-prison-2022-07-29/</ref> At least one hundred other prisoners were injured. Sources reported that captured Ukrainian prisoners-of-war were giving up much critical information on U.S./Ukraine/NATO operations and illegal weapon transfers, including arms to [[Kurdish]] [[terrorist]]s in [[Syria]] to be used against NATO member [[Turkiye]].<ref>https://youtu.be/I9mKoOLSvmc</ref> Ukraine forces on the battlefield attempting to surrender have been documented to have been executed by Ukrainian commanders. A bill was introduced into the Ukrainian parliament granting legal authority to Ukrainian commanders to execute Ukrainian soldiers who wanted to surrender. Morale was reported to have fallen in recent weeks among Azov Battalion detainees at Elenovka as they realized the Kyiv regime was not negotiating their exchange for Russian POWs, and they began giving up more information in exchange for more lenient sentences for war crimes. Russia asked the United Nations to investigate the attack.<ref>https://twitter.com/Dpol_un/status/1553563952432414723</ref> The Pentagon claimed the Ukrainian strike on its own personnel was 'accidental'.<ref>https://en.rua.gr/2022/07/30/the-pentagon-leaked-zelensky-ukrainians-hit-the-prison-with-azov-fighters/</ref><ref>https://socialbites.ca/latest-news/67370.html</ref> Prominent Ukrainian neo-Nazi Andriy Biletsky vowed revenge against "whoever did this."
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On July 29, 2022 ''Reuters'' reported the prisoner-of-war camp at Elenovka was hit by a U.S.-built [[HIMAR]],<ref>https://youtu.be/xOpXJbE-HIc</ref> causing the deaths of 40 prisoners and 13 guards and prison employees.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-40-ukrainian-pows-killed-by-ukrainian-missile-strike-donetsk-prison-2022-07-29/</ref> At least one hundred other prisoners were injured. Sources reported that captured Ukrainian prisoners-of-war were giving up much critical information on U.S./Ukraine/NATO operations and illegal weapon transfers, including arms to [[Kurdish]] [[terrorist]]s in [[Syria]] to be used against NATO member [[Turkiye]].<ref>https://youtu.be/I9mKoOLSvmc</ref> Ukrainian forces on the battlefield attempting to surrender have been documented to have been executed by Ukrainian commanders. A bill was introduced into the Ukrainian parliament granting legal authority to Ukrainian commanders to execute Ukrainian soldiers who wanted to surrender. Morale was reported to have fallen in recent weeks among Azov Battalion detainees at Elenovka as they realized the Kyiv regime was not negotiating their exchange for Russian POWs, and they began giving up more information in exchange for more lenient sentences for war crimes. Russia asked the United Nations to investigate the attack.<ref>https://twitter.com/Dpol_un/status/1553563952432414723</ref> The Pentagon claimed the Ukrainian strike on its own personnel was 'accidental'.<ref>https://en.rua.gr/2022/07/30/the-pentagon-leaked-zelensky-ukrainians-hit-the-prison-with-azov-fighters/</ref><ref>https://socialbites.ca/latest-news/67370.html</ref> Prominent Ukrainian neo-Nazi Andriy Biletsky vowed revenge against "whoever did this."
 
   
 
   
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In late July 2022 Ukrainian and NATO strategists began removing artillery and manpower from Avdiivka, and transferring them to the west bank of the Dnieper for the so-called upcoming "counteroffensive" against the Kherson bridgehead. This action allowed a Russian breakthrough against the heretofore impregnable Avdiivka frontline entrenchment, which held for eight years since 2014 and has been a key artillery firing point against the citizens of Donetsk.
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In late July 2022 Ukrainian and NATO strategists began removing artillery and manpower from Avdiivka, and transferring them to the west bank of the Dnieper for the so-called upcoming "counteroffensive" against the Kherson bridgehead. This action allowed a Russian breakthrough against the heretofore impregnable Avdiivka frontline entrenchment, which held for eight years since 2014 and has been a key artillery firing point against the citizens of Donetsk.
 
   
 
   
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As the breakthrough continued on August 2, 2022, the Ukrainian 54th mechanized brigade lost 50 soldiers to friendly fire. Ukrainian forces completely destroyed elements of its own 56th mechanized brigade by artillery fire as they were retreating from the village of Pisky. Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov, who was embedded with the AFU in Donbas, posted an expletive-laden report from Pisky revealing “There is no counter-battery fire, none at all...Russian forces are firing 6,500 shells per f****** village in less than 24 hours...It’s been like this for six days now, and it’s hard to fathom how any number of our infantry remain alive under this barrage...Without counter-battery fighting, it turns into a senseless meat grinder, where huge numbers of our infantry are chewed up in one day...A reserve platoon that tried to advance was taken apart in minutes, with only one out of 15 men left unharmed...All the reserves are spent, the military equipment goes up in flames, and the enemy approaches and takes our positions without any problems after another barrage of artillery...Right now we are losing Péski, all our human and material capabilities are almost exhausted”. Pisky was once a more affluent suburb of the city of Donetsk with 2,000 inhabitants; after the Kyiv regime attacked the Donetsk airport in 2014, the population fell to as low as 6 inhabitants at one point. By August 10, the 56th brigade was reported to have had 70% casualty rate, or loss of 3,500 men out of 5,000. 2,500 alone were lost in the past week. The village is located 2 km west of the airport. Russian forces deliberately chose Pisky as a weak point in the Avdiivka front as a breakthrough point specifically because of the low risk of danger to civilians. Mop up operations were completed by August 11 with thermobarics.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/VEojCa2H9AdX/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/gBFsWeVW6zM</ref> The collapse of a once prosperous community since 2014 is emblematic of the devastation the U.S.-backed Maidan regime wrought upon the Ukrainian [[economy]] and population.
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As the breakthrough continued on August 2, 2022, the Ukrainian 54th mechanized brigade lost 50 soldiers to friendly fire. Ukrainian forces completely destroyed elements of their own 56th mechanized brigade by artillery fire as they were retreating from the village of Pisky. Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov, who was embedded with the AFU in Donbas, posted an expletive-laden report from Pisky revealing “There is no counter-battery fire, none at all...Russian forces are firing 6,500 shells per f****** village in less than 24 hours...It’s been like this for six days now, and it’s hard to fathom how any number of our infantry remain alive under this barrage...Without counter-battery fighting, it turns into a senseless meat grinder, where huge numbers of our infantry are chewed up in one day...A reserve platoon that tried to advance was taken apart in minutes, with only one out of 15 men left unharmed...All the reserves are spent, the military equipment goes up in flames, and the enemy approaches and takes our positions without any problems after another barrage of artillery...Right now we are losing Péski, all our human and material capabilities are almost exhausted”. Pisky was once a more affluent suburb of the city of Donetsk with 2,000 inhabitants; after the Kyiv regime attacked the Donetsk airport in 2014, the population fell to as low as 6 inhabitants at one point. By August 10, the 56th brigade was reported to have had a 70% casualty rate, or loss of 3,500 men out of 5,000. 2,500 alone were lost in the past week. The village is located 2 km west of the airport. Russian forces deliberately chose Pisky as a weak point in the Avdiivka front as a breakthrough point specifically because of the low risk of danger to civilians. Mop up operations were completed by August 11 with thermobarics.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/VEojCa2H9AdX/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/gBFsWeVW6zM</ref> The collapse of a once prosperous community since 2014 is emblematic of the devastation the U.S.-backed Maidan regime wrought upon the Ukrainian [[economy]] and population.
 
[[File:Scarab missile with cluster bombs.PNG|left|300px|thumb|A Ukrainian Tochka U missile killed 23 civilians in the city center of Donetsk, March 12, 2022. There were no Russian military or [[DPR]] forces anywhere near or present. The missile attack targeted civilians.<ref>https://youtu.be/ANNhDKGjNK8</ref>]]
 
[[File:Scarab missile with cluster bombs.PNG|left|300px|thumb|A Ukrainian Tochka U missile killed 23 civilians in the city center of Donetsk, March 12, 2022. There were no Russian military or [[DPR]] forces anywhere near or present. The missile attack targeted civilians.<ref>https://youtu.be/ANNhDKGjNK8</ref>]]
 
In the aftermath of the key defeat at Pisky, the battalion commander openly criticized Zelensky and the Kyiv leadership for incompetence. The AFU lost 500 dead in 20 days and 1,500 wounded.
 
In the aftermath of the key defeat at Pisky, the battalion commander openly criticized Zelensky and the Kyiv leadership for incompetence. The AFU lost 500 dead in 20 days and 1,500 wounded.
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On August 6, 2022, fighting in Mariinka, from which Ukrainian forces were shelling civilians in Donetsk, was reported as intense.
 
On August 6, 2022, fighting in Mariinka, from which Ukrainian forces were shelling civilians in Donetsk, was reported as intense.
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On August 11, 2022, Ukrainian forces struck a brewery on the east side of the city of Donetsk releasing six tons of a large gaseous [[ammonia]] cloud, an immediate danger to civilians. The plant was struck with a shell from a French CEASAR self-propelled Howitzer.<ref>https://youtu.be/qaGetF87Nrc</ref>
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On August 11, 2022, Ukrainian forces struck a brewery on the east side of the city of Donetsk, releasing six tons of a large gaseous [[ammonia]] cloud, an immediate danger to civilians. The plant was struck with a shell from a French CEASAR self-propelled Howitzer.<ref>https://youtu.be/qaGetF87Nrc</ref>
    
On August 24, 2022, Ukraine shelled Donetsk city with HIMARs targeting the head of the Republic.
 
On August 24, 2022, Ukraine shelled Donetsk city with HIMARs targeting the head of the Republic.
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[[File:Dmitri Utkin, Russian Neo-Nazi from Wagner.jpg|250px|thumbnail|Dmitri Utkin, Russian Neo-Nazi, torturer and author of the name of the Wagner Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mundo/2023/08/25/quien-es-dmitri-utkin-el-comandante-con-tatuajes-nazis-que-le-puso-nombre-al-grupo-wagner/|title=Quién es Dmitri Utkin, el comandante con tatuajes nazis que le puso nombre al Grupo Wagner|date=26 August 2023|publisher=Infobae|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/europe/manifestations-en-ukraine/enquete-guerre-en-ukraine-dmitry-utkin-le-tortionnaire-de-wagner_5831285.html|title=Guerre en Ukraine : Dmitry Utkin, le tortionnaire de Wagner|date=19 May 2023|publisher=franceinfo:|language=French}}</ref> Utkin was killed along with [[Prigozhin]] in the aftermath of the [[Wagner Mutiny]].]]
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[[File:Dmitri Utkin, Russian Neo-Nazi from Wagner.jpg|250px|thumbnail|Dmitri Utkin, Russian Neo-Nazi, torturer and author of the name of the Wagner Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mundo/2023/08/25/quien-es-dmitri-utkin-el-comandante-con-tatuajes-nazis-que-le-puso-nombre-al-grupo-wagner/|title=Quién es Dmitri Utkin, el comandante con tatuajes nazis que le puso nombre al Grupo Wagner|date=26 August 2023|publisher=Infobae|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/europe/manifestations-en-ukraine/enquete-guerre-en-ukraine-dmitry-utkin-le-tortionnaire-de-wagner_5831285.html|title=Guerre en Ukraine: Dmitry Utkin, le tortionnaire de Wagner|date=19 May 2023|publisher=franceinfo:|language=French}}</ref> Utkin was killed along with [[Prigozhin]] in the aftermath of the [[Wagner Mutiny]].]]
 
On September 18, 2022, the Russian MOD reported that its artillery and Air Force landed a strike against the mercenary base of the American private military company [[Academi PMC]], formerly known as the notorious [[Blackwater]] company, situated near the town of Krasatorsk, in the Donetsk People's Republic.  The following day U.S. HIMARs retaliated with a strike on a Wagner Group barracks in the Lugansk Republic.
 
On September 18, 2022, the Russian MOD reported that its artillery and Air Force landed a strike against the mercenary base of the American private military company [[Academi PMC]], formerly known as the notorious [[Blackwater]] company, situated near the town of Krasatorsk, in the Donetsk People's Republic.  The following day U.S. HIMARs retaliated with a strike on a Wagner Group barracks in the Lugansk Republic.
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On October 19, 2022, the illegal use of white phosphorus on the civilian population of Donetsk was reported.
 
On October 19, 2022, the illegal use of white phosphorus on the civilian population of Donetsk was reported.
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On October 23, 2022, it was reported Semyon Pegov, a war correspondent who goes by the name of WarGonzo, was injured by a petal mine near Donetsk.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/YjAalI0GxQnm/</ref>
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On October 23, 2022, it was reported that Semyon Pegov, a war correspondent who goes by the name of WarGonzo, was injured by a petal mine near Donetsk.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/YjAalI0GxQnm/</ref>
    
On October 26, 2022, a Russian breakthrough was reported on the Avdiivka line.  
 
On October 26, 2022, a Russian breakthrough was reported on the Avdiivka line.  
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On October 29, 2022, the Russians began an offensive all along the front liner from Avdiivka down to Ugledar.
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On October 29, 2022, the Russians began an offensive all along the front line from Avdiivka down to Ugledar.
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NATO continued shelling civilians with HIMARS in the city of Donetsk.  Six 155&nbsp;mm caliber projectiles were fired at night against Donetsk downtown, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of matters related to Ukraine's war crimes said.  The shelling by the Ukrainian armed units at 03:13 am.  The center of Donetsk was on fire that night after a powerful shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Explosions thundered in the Voroshilovsky district, a strong fire broke out in the building of the railway administration. The fire engulfed several floors, and broke out onto the roof.<ref>https://youtu.be/uzAEBhxrWqk</ref>
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NATO continued shelling civilians with HIMARS in the city of Donetsk.  Six 155&nbsp;mm caliber projectiles were fired at night against Donetsk downtown, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of matters related to Ukraine's war crimes said.  The shelling by the Ukrainian armed units occurred at 03:13 am.  The center of Donetsk was on fire that night after a powerful shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Explosions thundered in the Voroshilovsky district, and a strong fire broke out in the building of the railway administration. The fire engulfed several floors, and broke out onto the roof.<ref>https://youtu.be/uzAEBhxrWqk</ref>
    
After the false flag attack on Poland by Ukraine in late November 2022, fighting in Marinka intensified.
 
After the false flag attack on Poland by Ukraine in late November 2022, fighting in Marinka intensified.
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More than 4,000 civilians of all ages and sexes in Donetsk city have been killed by Ukrainian shelling since February 2022.
 
More than 4,000 civilians of all ages and sexes in Donetsk city have been killed by Ukrainian shelling since February 2022.
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According to a website of an observer named Colonel Cossad, most of the shelling of Dontesk city civilians has not come from Avdiivka, but rather from Krasnogorovka.<ref>https://cont.ws/@colonel-cassad/2450047?ysclid=lc8rhtkzsi666660612</ref>
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According to a website of an observer named Colonel Cossad, most of the shelling of Donetsk city civilians has not come from Avdiivka, but rather from Krasnogorovka.<ref>https://cont.ws/@colonel-cassad/2450047?ysclid=lc8rhtkzsi666660612</ref>
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In the first week of September 2023, the Russians repelled 56 attacks, killed more than 2,100 militants, and destroyed 23 tanks, and other armored fighting vehicles, 45 vehicles, and 30 artillery guns.
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In the first week of September 2023, the Russians repelled 56 attacks, killed more than 2,100 militants, and destroyed 23 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 45 vehicles, and 30 artillery guns.
    
In an interview with [[Godfrey Bloom]] on October 9, 2023, [[Col. Douglas MacGregor]] reported:
 
In an interview with [[Godfrey Bloom]] on October 9, 2023, [[Col. Douglas MacGregor]] reported:
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{{quotebox-float|"Virtually nothing can be said, nothing can happen, no action can be taken inside Ukraine’s borders without the Russians knowing it, without the Russians detecting it. And if they know it and detect it, they can also target it. […] What’s happening now, what just happened within the past 24-48 hours in Ukraine – some 30 miles [48 kilometers] behind Ukrainian frontlines – was the destruction of a group of Ukrainian soldiers, several hundred of them, along with their US-UK NATO advisors. They were all killed in a strike. You cannot move in that country without being detected,” <ref>https://youtu.be/Z019cFDxPIQ</ref>}}
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{{quotebox-float|"Virtually nothing can be said, nothing can happen, no action can be taken inside Ukraine’s borders without the Russians knowing it, without the Russians detecting it. And if they know it and detect it, they can also target it. […] What’s happening now, what just happened within the past 24-48 hours in Ukraine – some 30 miles [48 kilometers] behind Ukrainian frontlines – was the destruction of a group of Ukrainian soldiers, several hundred of them, along with their US-UK NATO advisors. They were all killed in a strike. You cannot move in that country without being detected,”<ref>https://youtu.be/Z019cFDxPIQ</ref>}}
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On October 10, 2023 it was reported that the Russian armed forces hit a train station near Avdiivka, disrupting the [[logistics]] of Ukrainian NATO forces. NATO forces of Ukraine were left without communication and hit their own people at Avdiivka. Ukrainian units located near Avdiivka lost communication and inflicted chaotic artillery strikes on each other, according to the Sinya Z Boroda Telegram channel. Thus, according to the chanal, the situation developed on the approaches to the village of Berdychi, Yasinovatsky district, where Russian soldiers broke through from Krasnogorovka. "It seems that the guys broke through the defenses near the railway line and reached Berdikhi, the Ukrainian has problems with communication between units, hitting his people, judging by radio intercepts," the message said.<ref>https://t.me/llordofwar/213841</ref>
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On October 10, 2023, it was reported that the Russian armed forces hit a train station near Avdiivka, disrupting the [[logistics]] of Ukrainian NATO forces. NATO forces of Ukraine were left without communication and hit their own people at Avdiivka. Ukrainian units located near Avdiivka lost communication and inflicted chaotic artillery strikes on each other, according to the Sinya Z Boroda Telegram channel. Thus, according to the channel, the situation developed on the approaches to the village of Berdychi, Yasinovatsky district, where Russian soldiers broke through from Krasnogorovka. "It seems that the guys broke through the defenses near the railway line and reached Berdikhi, the Ukrainian has problems with communication between units, hitting his people, judging by radio intercepts," the message said.<ref>https://t.me/llordofwar/213841</ref>
    
Moon of Alabama claimed reports have confirmed that the Ukrainian military has long lost its middle officer and NCO corps. Smart kids fresh from senior high school are leading platoons of men mostly in their 30s or 40s and 50s. Brigade commanders give direct orders down to platoons because the staff of battalions and companies in between is no longer there.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/10/ukraine-sitrep-storming-andivka-ukrainian-losses.html</ref>
 
Moon of Alabama claimed reports have confirmed that the Ukrainian military has long lost its middle officer and NCO corps. Smart kids fresh from senior high school are leading platoons of men mostly in their 30s or 40s and 50s. Brigade commanders give direct orders down to platoons because the staff of battalions and companies in between is no longer there.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/10/ukraine-sitrep-storming-andivka-ukrainian-losses.html</ref>
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By late October 2023 roughly 20,000 AFU forces faced 45,000 Russian forces on three sides in the Avdiivka pocket.
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By late October 2023, roughly 20,000 AFU forces faced 45,000 Russian forces on three sides in the Avdiivka pocket.
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On [[Christmas]] Day, December 25, 2023 after nine years of clashes between AFU and the armed services of the Donetsk Peoples Republic, the suburb of Marinka near the Donetsk airport fell in Russian hands.
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On [[Christmas]] Day, December 25, 2023, after nine years of clashes between AFU and the armed services of the Donetsk People's Republic, the suburb of Marinka near the Donetsk airport fell into Russian hands.
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In January 2024 Russian Spetsnaz around Avdiivka were reported to have been wearing stealth clothing, making themselves invisible to ultraviolet thermo-imaging technology of the US/NATO.
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In January 2024, Russian Spetsnaz around Avdiivka were reported to have been wearing stealth clothing, making themselves invisible to ultraviolet thermo-imaging technology of the US/NATO.
    
===Svatovo-Kremennaya front===
 
===Svatovo-Kremennaya front===
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By October 11, 2022, NATO/Ukraine had assembled 40,000 troops on the Svatovo-Kremennaya front. After the loss of electricity in the Kharkiv region, the only radio signal accessible in motor vehicles was from Russian radio warning civilians to leave the Kharkiv region immediately.
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By October 11, 2022, NATO/Ukraine had assembled 40,000 troops on the Svatovo-Kremennaya front. After the loss of electricity in the Kharkiv region, the only radio signal accessible in motor vehicles was from Russian radio warning civilians to leave the Kharkiv region immediately.
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By October 21, 2022, cold weather began to affect both sides ability to send up reconnaissance drones.
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By October 21, 2022, cold weather began to affect both sides' ability to send up reconnaissance drones.
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On October 26, 2022 ''RIA Novosti'' reported Lugansk People's Republic (LNR) police colonel of the Vitaly Kiselev saying that Polish NATO forces killed several members of the Pravy Sektor who had tried to force them to attack Russian defense lines near Kremennaya. According to Kiselev, after several unsuccessful attempts to advance deep into the positions of the Russian troops, the Poles refused to go forward. The Polish mercenaries said that it was not them, but Territorial Defenсe units should attempt to break through Russian defenses. Otherwise, the Polish units would suffer heavy losses. It was essentially a suicide mission, the Ukrainian military was attempting to use NATO forces as cannon fodder. Pravy Sector pressured the Poles to move forward, and Polish NATO forces killed several members of the Pravy Sector. Poles historically are not particularly enamored by the legacy of the Pravy Sector's national hero, [[Stepan Bandera]].<ref>https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/154582-polish_mercenaries/</ref>
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On October 26, 2022 ''RIA Novosti'' reported Lugansk People's Republic (LNR) police colonel Vitaly Kiselev saying that Polish NATO forces killed several members of the Pravy Sektor who had tried to force them to attack Russian defense lines near Kremennaya. According to Kiselev, after several unsuccessful attempts to advance deep into the positions of the Russian troops, the Poles refused to go forward. The Polish mercenaries said that it was not them, but Territorial Defense units should attempt to break through Russian defenses. Otherwise, the Polish units would suffer heavy losses. It was essentially a suicide mission; the Ukrainian military was attempting to use NATO forces as cannon fodder. Pravy Sector pressured the Poles to move forward, and Polish NATO forces killed several members of the Pravy Sector. Poles historically are not particularly enamored by the legacy of the Pravy Sector's national hero, [[Stepan Bandera]].<ref>https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/154582-polish_mercenaries/</ref>
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On January 21, 2024 the Russian Military of Defense announced the destruction of 80 foreign mercenaries in the area of Konstantinovka/ Russian military intelligence managed to identify the exact location of the foreign mercenaries with the help of reconnaissance drones. The destruction of foreign mercenaries was carried out with
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On January 21, 2024, the Russian Military of Defense announced the destruction of 80 foreign mercenaries in the area of Konstantinovka. Russian military intelligence managed to identify the exact location of the foreign mercenaries with the help of reconnaissance drones. The destruction of foreign mercenaries was carried out with
 
an Iskandar [[ballistic missile]]. According to preliminary data, about 40 mercenaries from Poland, Britain, Canada, France and the United States were killed. Moreover, an ammunition depot of the 31st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army was also destroyed in this area.
 
an Iskandar [[ballistic missile]]. According to preliminary data, about 40 mercenaries from Poland, Britain, Canada, France and the United States were killed. Moreover, an ammunition depot of the 31st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army was also destroyed in this area.
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Russian Armed Forces had great success NW of Svatove in late January 2024. An area of 35-40 km2 has been retaken. The breakthrough of the Ukrainian front is 7-8 km in width and up to 5 km in depth. Two small settlements were retaken.
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Russian Armed Forces had great success NW of Svatove in late January 2024. An area of 35-40 km2 has been retaken. The breakthrough of the Ukrainian front was 7-8 km in width and up to 5 km in depth. Two small settlements were retaken.
    
As expected, after the capture of [[Chasov Yar]], Russian forces began the active phase of the assault on Konstantinovka. The fighting gradually shifted from the eastern part near Predtechynoe towards the city center, but there was no task to take Konstantinovka at any cost. This settlement is a key node of Ukrainian defense on the approaches to the [[Kramatorsk-Slavyansk]] agglomeration, and its loss for the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] will mean a serious erosion of the defensive belt under the last major line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the east.
 
As expected, after the capture of [[Chasov Yar]], Russian forces began the active phase of the assault on Konstantinovka. The fighting gradually shifted from the eastern part near Predtechynoe towards the city center, but there was no task to take Konstantinovka at any cost. This settlement is a key node of Ukrainian defense on the approaches to the [[Kramatorsk-Slavyansk]] agglomeration, and its loss for the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] will mean a serious erosion of the defensive belt under the last major line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the east.
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{{See also|2023 Ukraine summer counteroffensive}}
 
{{See also|2023 Ukraine summer counteroffensive}}
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The 2023 Ukrainian spring-summer counteroffensive, which Zelensky and Zaluzhnyi were opposed to due to lack of preparedness but were pushed into by [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] for U.S domestic political purposes, was a disaster for the armed forces and people of Ukraine. Nonetheless, Western NATO propaganda claimed victory.  Ukrainian troops pressed into service were untrained and ill-prepared.  The counteroffensive failed miserably, never penetrating within 5 km of Russian frontline fortifications.  Ukraine lost 83,000 troops between June 4, 2023 and October 4, 2023. Russian forces actually gained 200 square km more territory while fighting on the defensive. Defense chief Reznikov and eight of his deputies were fired for the debacle, and Reznikov was promoted to the post of ambassador to the UK.
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The 2023 Ukrainian spring-summer counteroffensive, which Zelensky and Zaluzhnyi were opposed to due to lack of preparedness but were pushed into by [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] for U.S. domestic political purposes, was a disaster for the armed forces and people of Ukraine. Nonetheless, Western NATO propaganda claimed victory.  Ukrainian troops pressed into service were untrained and ill-prepared.  The counteroffensive failed miserably, never penetrating within 5 km of Russian frontline fortifications.  Ukraine lost 83,000 troops between June 4, 2023 and October 4, 2023. Russian forces actually gained 200 square km more territory while fighting on the defensive. Defense chief Reznikov and eight of his deputies were fired for the debacle, and Reznikov was promoted to the post of ambassador to the UK.
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In December 2023 the ''Washington Post'' released a two-article series, ''Miscalculations, Divisions Marked Offensive Planning By U.S., Ukraine'' and ''In Ukraine, A War Of Incremental Gains As Counteroffensive Stalls''. It dispenses equal blame on the US and UK planning of the whole mess and the Ukrainian execution of it:<ref>[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/12/the-war-in-ukraine-is-done.html The War In Ukraine Is Done], Moon of Alabama, December 05, 2023. moonofalabama.org</ref>
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In December 2023, the ''Washington Post'' released a two-article series, ''Miscalculations, Divisions Marked Offensive Planning By U.S., Ukraine'' and ''In Ukraine, A War Of Incremental Gains As Counteroffensive Stalls''. It dispenses equal blame on the US and UK planning of the whole mess and the Ukrainian execution oft:<ref>[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/12/the-war-in-ukraine-is-done.html The War In Ukraine Is Done], Moon of Alabama, December 05, 2023. moonofalabama.org</ref>
 
[[File:2023 Ukr plan.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine's 2023 battle plan to split the Russian forces in half modelled after [[Sherman's March through Georgia|Gen. Sherman's March to the Sea]] in the [[American Civil War]].]]
 
[[File:2023 Ukr plan.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukraine's 2023 battle plan to split the Russian forces in half modelled after [[Sherman's March through Georgia|Gen. Sherman's March to the Sea]] in the [[American Civil War]].]]
 
[[File:Bradley Square.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Destroyed German Leopard 2 tanks and American Bradley Fight Vehicles on what the Russians called '''Bradley Square'''.]]
 
[[File:Bradley Square.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Destroyed German Leopard 2 tanks and American Bradley Fight Vehicles on what the Russians called '''Bradley Square'''.]]
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Artillery is usually called "The God of War." It is assessed that Ukraine will need 1500-2000 barrels per year, with each barrel costing up to 900,000 [[euro]]s. That's approximately $2 billion in barrels. There are a limited number of forging plants in [[the West]] to manufacture barrels, and Ukraine uses at least 17 different artillery platforms.
 
Artillery is usually called "The God of War." It is assessed that Ukraine will need 1500-2000 barrels per year, with each barrel costing up to 900,000 [[euro]]s. That's approximately $2 billion in barrels. There are a limited number of forging plants in [[the West]] to manufacture barrels, and Ukraine uses at least 17 different artillery platforms.
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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) began to record an increased number of Ukrainian citizens who began not only to sympathize with the Russian Army, but also to help enemy forces. The spokesman of the Ukrainian Air Force, Yuri Ignat, officially stated that almost all targets in Ukraine are destroyed by the Russian Aerospace Forces with the help of a tip from Ukrainian citizens who sympathize with Moscow and want to live as part of Russia. Moreover, representatives of the SBU admitted that many Ukrainian citizens help fighters of the Russian Spetsnaz sabotage and reconnaissance groups carry out sabotage operations on the territory of Ukraine. Since mid-December 2023, more than 100 Ukrainian citizens were detained who are suspected of complicity with Russian forces. Most of the detainees were from Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions. The SBU claims that these citizens allowed soldiers of Russian Spetsnaz to warm themselves in their homes, gave them food, water, and provided valuable information for sabotage. The activation of Russian Spetsnaz increased dramatically in the Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions. It Was reported that Russian Spetsnaz, with the support of local residents, caused significant damage to the infrastructure and logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On December 22, 2023 early in the morning near the village of Velikodolinskoye in the Odessa region, Russian Spetsnaz derailed a military train
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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) began to record an increased number of Ukrainian citizens who not only began to sympathize with the Russian Army, but also to help enemy forces. The spokesman of the Ukrainian Air Force, Yuri Ignat, officially stated that almost all targets in Ukraine are destroyed by the Russian Aerospace Forces with the help of a tip from Ukrainian citizens who sympathize with Moscow and want to live as part of Russia. Moreover, representatives of the SBU admitted that many Ukrainian citizens help fighters of the Russian Spetsnaz sabotage and reconnaissance groups to carry out sabotage operations on the territory of Ukraine. Since mid-December 2023, more than 100 Ukrainian citizens were detained who are suspected of complicity with Russian forces. Most of the detainees were from Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions. The SBU claims that these citizens allowed soldiers of Russian Spetsnaz to warm themselves in their homes, gave them food, water, and provided valuable information for sabotage. The activation of Russian Spetsnaz increased dramatically in the Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions. It Was reported that Russian Spetsnaz, with the support of local residents, caused significant damage to the infrastructure and logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On December 22, 2023, early in the morning near the village of Velikodolinskoye in the Odessa region, Russian Spetsnaz derailed a military train carrying shells and small arms from [[Germany]]. As a result, AFU were left without shells and other important weapons. Moreover, the Odesa incident proved that NATO countries deliver weapons to Ukraine by sea through the territorial waters of [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]], and [[Turkey]].
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carrying shells and small arms from [[Germany]]. As a result AFU were left without shells and other important weapons. Moreover, the Odesa incident proved that NATO countries deliver weapons to Ukraine by sea through the territorial waters of [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]], and [[Turkey]].
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On December 27, 2023 Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who also serves as the economy minister, said: “Ukraine may have to postpone pay for [[civil service system|public servants]] and [[Social Security|pension payments]] to millions of its citizens if the European Union and United States fail to deliver promised financial aid early next year...Kyiv might have to delay paying wages for 500,000 civil servants and 1.4 million teachers and benefits for 10 million pensioners if foreign aid does not come through”.<ref>https://archive.is/mGFjC#selection-1551.0-1551.62</ref>
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On December 27, 2023, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who also serves as the economy minister, said: “Ukraine may have to postpone pay for [[civil service system|public servants]] and [[Social Security|pension payments]] to millions of its citizens if the European Union and United States fail to deliver promised financial aid early next year...Kyiv might have to delay paying wages for 500,000 civil servants and 1.4 million teachers and benefits for 10 million pensioners if foreign aid does not come through”.<ref>https://archive.is/mGFjC#selection-1551.0-1551.62</ref>
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Also on December 27 Ukrainian soldiers who defected to Russia for the first time engaged in battle with the Ukrainian Army near Bakhmut, according to Kirill Spassky, one of the commanders of the Russian operational combat tactical formation (OBTF) Cascade.<ref>https://amalantra.ru/obtf-kaskad/?ysclid=lqpq332znf462310768</ref> Spassky claims that Ukrainian soldiers in the Russian army are very motivated to bring about a common victory. More than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are fighting on the side of Russia. It is reported that every third captured Ukrainian POW expresses a desire to join the ranks of the Russian army and obtain Russian citizenship.
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Also on December 27, Ukrainian soldiers who defected to Russia for the first time engaged in battle with the Ukrainian Army near Bakhmut, according to Kirill Spassky, one of the commanders of the Russian operational combat tactical formation (OBTF) Cascade.<ref>https://amalantra.ru/obtf-kaskad/?ysclid=lqpq332znf462310768</ref> Spassky claims that Ukrainian soldiers in the Russian army are very motivated to bring about a common victory. More than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are fighting on the side of Russia. It is reported that every third captured Ukrainian POW expresses a desire to join the ranks of the Russian army and obtain Russian citizenship.
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Deputy Chairman [[Dmitry Medvedev]] of the Security Council of the [[Russian Federation]] announced on December 29, 2023: "The Russian military operation in Ukraine will continue next year with its goals remaining unchanged...Those goals include the disarmament of Ukrainian troops and the rejection of the ideology of [[neo-Nazism]] by the [[Maidan regime|current Ukrainian state]]...The removal of the ruling [[Banderovite]] regime isn’t being openly declared, but it's the most important and inevitable goal that must and will be achieved." Defense Minister [[Sergey Shoigu]] stated: "All recruitment plans for the Army and the Navy this year have been fulfilled...The overall size of the Russian Armed Forces currently stands at 1.15 million service personnel...The size of the military will increase to 1.5 million in 2024, which would include up to 745,000 contract troops”.
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Deputy Chairman [[Dmitry Medvedev]] of the Security Council of the [[Russian Federation]] announced on December 29, 2023: "The Russian military operation in Ukraine will continue next year with its goals remaining unchanged...Those goals include the disarmament of Ukrainian troops and the rejection of the ideology of [[neo-Nazism]] by the [[Maidan regime|current Ukrainian state]]...The removal of the ruling [[Banderovite]] regime isn’t being openly declared, but it's the most important and inevitable goal that must and will be achieved." Defense Minister [[Sergey Shoigu]] stated: "All recruitment plans for the Army and the Navy this year have been fulfilled... The overall size of the Russian Armed Forces currently stands at 1.15 million service personnel... The size of the military will increase to 1.5 million in 2024, which would include up to 745,000 contract troops”.
    
On February 17, 2024 ''Business Insider'' reported ''Ukraine's military is shifting to a defensive strategy that failed [[Nazi Germany]] in WWII''.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-military-shifts-active-defensive-failed-nazi-germany-wwii-2024-2# , Analysis by Michael Peck, ''Business Insider'', Feb 17, 2024. businessinsider.com</ref>
 
On February 17, 2024 ''Business Insider'' reported ''Ukraine's military is shifting to a defensive strategy that failed [[Nazi Germany]] in WWII''.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-military-shifts-active-defensive-failed-nazi-germany-wwii-2024-2# , Analysis by Michael Peck, ''Business Insider'', Feb 17, 2024. businessinsider.com</ref>
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A single precision-guided Krasnopol can do the job of roughly 50-100 conventional 155mm shells. [[M1A1 Abrams]], M109s, and other Western ''[[wunderwaffen]]'' were being taken out with the Krasnopol.
 
A single precision-guided Krasnopol can do the job of roughly 50-100 conventional 155mm shells. [[M1A1 Abrams]], M109s, and other Western ''[[wunderwaffen]]'' were being taken out with the Krasnopol.
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On June 9, 2024 the head of the [[Chechen Republic]], [[Ramzan Kadyrov]], announced the occupation of the village of Ryzhevka in the Sumy region on the border with the [[Kursk]] region by Akhmat fighters. "As a result of large-scale planned offensive actions, the Ukrainian side suffered significant losses and was forced to retreat. The well-coordinated and effective work of the fighters of all units made it possible to achieve this result without certain difficulties in just three days," Kadyrov wrote.
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On June 9, 2024, the head of the [[Chechen Republic]], [[Ramzan Kadyrov]], announced the occupation of the village of Ryzhevka in the Sumy region on the border with the [[Kursk]] region by Akhmat fighters. "As a result of large-scale planned offensive actions, the Ukrainian side suffered significant losses and was forced to retreat. The well-coordinated and effective work of the fighters of all units made it possible to achieve this result without certain difficulties in just three days," Kadyrov wrote.
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In June 12, 2024 the 13th of 31 [[M1A1 Abrams]] American main battle tank was destroyed. This represents more than 40% of the fleet that was sent to Ukraine. By contrast, less than 10% of the T-90 Russian main battle tanks in Ukraine have been destroyed in the nearly 2 1/2 years of fighting. In the Poltava region, the Russian military attacked the Myrhorod Air Base and destroyed three Mig-29 fighter jets, as well as one [[S-300]] air defense system. In Odesa and Kyiv, 'Kinzhal' hypersonic missiles hit and destroyed two classified military installations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was reported that these were decision-making centers where Ukrainian and NATO officers coordinated their work. Sources in the Russian military department claim about 40 high-ranking officers of the AFU along with officers of armies of NATO countries, were killed.
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On June 12, 2024 the 13th of 31 [[M1A1 Abrams]] American main battle tanks was destroyed. This represents more than 40% of the fleet that was sent to Ukraine. By contrast, less than 10% of the T-90 Russian main battle tanks in Ukraine have been destroyed in the nearly 2 1/2 years of fighting. In the Poltava region, the Russian military attacked the Myrhorod Air Base and destroyed three Mig-29 fighter jets, as well as one [[S-300]] air defense system. In Odesa and Kyiv, 'Kinzhal' hypersonic missiles hit and destroyed two classified military installations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was reported that these were decision-making centers where Ukrainian and NATO officers coordinated their work. Sources in the Russian military department claim about 40 high-ranking officers of the AFU along with officers of armies of NATO countries were killed.
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By mid-June 2024 Western "experts" began to express concern about the strengthening of Russian intelligence. Referring to their own sources in the Ukrainian general staff and the [[Pentagon]], these experts drew attention to the fact that Russian missiles successfully hit and destroyed even the most classified military facilities on the territory of Ukraine. Additionally, the number of massive combined and individual missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine increased rapidly in the past 3 to 4 weeks. This all indicated that Russian intelligence not only fully controlled the situation in Ukraine, but also had dozens of agent networks at its disposal, even in the Ukrainian Military Department. [[American]] experts at the [[Institute for the Study of War]] (ISW) admitted that Russian troops significantly advanced in the [[Seversk]] direction.
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By mid-June 2024, Western "experts" began to express concern about the strengthening of Russian intelligence. Referring to their own sources in the Ukrainian general staff and the [[Pentagon]], these experts drew attention to the fact that Russian missiles successfully hit and destroyed even the most classified military facilities on the territory of Ukraine. Additionally, the number of massive combined and individual missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine increased rapidly in the past 3 to 4 weeks. This all indicated that Russian intelligence not only fully controlled the situation in Ukraine, but also had dozens of agent networks at its disposal, even in the Ukrainian Military Department. [[American]] experts at the [[Institute for the Study of War]] (ISW) admitted that Russian troops significantly advanced in the [[Seversk]] direction.
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In July 1, 2024 Russian forces destroyed 9 Ukrainian jets in one day. ''[[Forbes]]'' military observer David Axe has called the strikes “one of the costliest single days for the battered Ukrainian air arm” since the start of the hostilities in February 2022.<ref>[https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/geopolitics/nine-ukrainian-jets-destroyed-in-one-day/ Nine Ukrainian jets destroyed in one day], ''Nexus Newsfeed, July 2, 2024. nexusnewsfeed.com</ref>
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On July 1, 2024, Russian forces destroyed 9 Ukrainian jets in one day. ''[[Forbes]]'' military observer David Axe has called the strikes “one of the costliest single days for the battered Ukrainian air arm” since the start of the hostilities in February 2022.<ref>[https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/geopolitics/nine-ukrainian-jets-destroyed-in-one-day/ Nine Ukrainian jets destroyed in one day], ''Nexus Newsfeed, July 2, 2024. nexusnewsfeed.com</ref>
    
===Northern Kharkov front===
 
===Northern Kharkov front===
 
[[File:Northern front spring 2024.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Northern front, spring 2024.]]
 
[[File:Northern front spring 2024.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Northern front, spring 2024.]]
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As of May 12, 2024, the situation for the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU) continued to deteriorate rapidly in the northern part of the [[Kharkiv]] region. War correspondents reported that Ukrainian soldiers from the [[Territorial Defense]] brigades surrendered ''en masse'' to Russian troops
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As of May 12, 2024, the situation for the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU) continued to deteriorate rapidly in the northern part of the [[Kharkiv]] region. War correspondents reported that Ukrainian soldiers from the [[Territorial Defense]] brigades surrendered ''en masse'' to Russian troops.
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along the entire line of contact. Ukrainian Telegram channels denounced the [[lie]]s of the Ukrainian General Staff that the AFU allegedly stopped the advance of the Russian army in the Gray Zone. Ukrainian military-linked channels openly accused Ukrainian leadership of not having built any defenses in the north. The funds designated for defensive fortifications were stolen or looted.
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along the entire line of contact. Ukrainian Telegram channels denounced the [[lie]]s of the Ukrainian General Staff claiming the AFU allegedly stopped the advance of the Russian army in the Gray Zone. Ukrainian military-linked channels openly accused Ukrainian leadership of not having built any defenses in the north. The funds designated for defensive fortifications were stolen or looted.
    
The Ukrainian military High Command sent the AFU's remaining combat-ready reserves, the [[Kraken Battalion]] as "blocking units" to punish AFU soldiers wanting to surrender.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/truBnSBYNQrq/</ref> Ukrainian volunteers complained that the Nazi formations of the GUR ("Kraken", "Sonechko", "Brotherhood", etc.) blocked the evacuation of the local population from Volchansk and are using city residents as [[human shield]]s.
 
The Ukrainian military High Command sent the AFU's remaining combat-ready reserves, the [[Kraken Battalion]] as "blocking units" to punish AFU soldiers wanting to surrender.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/truBnSBYNQrq/</ref> Ukrainian volunteers complained that the Nazi formations of the GUR ("Kraken", "Sonechko", "Brotherhood", etc.) blocked the evacuation of the local population from Volchansk and are using city residents as [[human shield]]s.
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On May 12 Russian fighters from assault groups under the designation "Fearless" entered the battle against Ukrainian nationalists in the Volchansk area. Fighters from the so-called [[Russian Volunteer Corps]] also fought on the side of the Ukrainian nationalists. As a result, Russian troops destroyed an entire group of Ukrainian militants. Ukrainian nationalists lost more than 100 killed. Many nationalists did not have time to escape. More than 30 Ukrainian nationalists were forced to surrender.
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On May 12, Russian fighters from assault groups under the designation "Fearless" entered the battle against Ukrainian nationalists in the Volchansk area. Fighters from the so-called [[Russian Volunteer Corps]] also fought on the side of the Ukrainian nationalists. As a result, Russian troops destroyed an entire group of Ukrainian militants. Ukrainian nationalists lost more than 100 killed. Many nationalists did not have time to escape. More than 30 Ukrainian nationalists were forced to surrender.
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According to [[Big Serge]], the new Kharkiv front absorbed nearly 30 Ukrainian battalions, which would be almost 10% of the [[AFU]]'s frontline strength.<ref>[https://bigserge.substack.com/p/russo-ukrainian-war-widening-the Russo-Ukrainian War: Widening the Front], BIG SERGE, MAY 25, 2024. bigserge.substack.com</ref> The Ukrainians flooded 30,000 soldiers to defend these regions. These soldiers were withdrawn from other very important fronts. The new front became known as the Volchansk [[meatgrinder]], with Ukrainian casualties averaging over 1,000, and sometimes as high as 2,000 per day. Some weeks numbered over 10,000 casualties in a 7-day period.
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According to [[Big Serge]], the new Kharkiv front absorbed nearly 30 Ukrainian battalions, which would be almost 10% of the [[AFU]]'s frontline strength.<ref>[https://bigserge.substack.com/p/russo-ukrainian-war-widening-the Russo-Ukrainian War: Widening the Front], BIG SERGE, MAY 25, 2024. bigserge.substack.com</ref> The Ukrainians flooded 30,000 soldiers to defend these regions. These soldiers were withdrawn from other very important fronts. The new front became known as the Volchansk [[meatgrinder]], with Ukrainian casualties averaging over 1,000, and sometimes as high as 2,000 per day. Some weeks numbered over 10,000 casualties in a 7-day period.
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On June 20, 2024 the Russian FAB-3000 glide bomb was used for the first time in the town of Liptsy.
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On June 20, 2024, the Russian FAB-3000 glide bomb was used for the first time in the town of Liptsy.
    
===New York cauldron===
 
===New York cauldron===
 
[[File:New York cauldron.PNG|right|300px|thumb|New York cauldron.]]
 
[[File:New York cauldron.PNG|right|300px|thumb|New York cauldron.]]
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On July 4, 2024 the Russian Armed Forces made the first movements toward creating the New York cauldron.<ref>https://youtu.be/LZDvTJOqfVE?t=547</ref>
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On July 4, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces made the first movements toward creating the New York cauldron.<ref>https://youtu.be/LZDvTJOqfVE?t=547</ref>
 
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==NATO attacks on commercial shipping==
 
==NATO attacks on commercial shipping==
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"[[Shadow fleet]]" is the term [[London]] [[insurance]] companies and the [[NATO]]-affiliated [[propaganda]] press use to refer to oil tankers transporting [[Russian crude oil]] under [[free market]] [[trade]] agreements to the rest of the world.
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"[[Shadow fleet]]" is the term [[London]], [[insurance]] companies and the [[NATO]]-affiliated [[propaganda]] press use to refer to oil tankers transporting [[Russian crude oil]] under [[free market]] [[trade]] agreements to the rest of the world.
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The French Navy detained the tanker Boracay off the country's coast in early October 2025.<ref>[https://t.me/Slavyangrad/143169 Footage of the capture of an oil tanker allegedly from the "Russian [[shadow fleet]]" by French special forces.]</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/VmC5JGnnIzY</ref> According to MarineTraffic, Boracay carrying oil departed on September 20, 2025 from the Russian port of Primorsk, passed through the [[Baltic Sea]], went around [[Denmark]] from the north, entered the [[North Sea]], and proceeded through the [[English Channel]]. The tanker was impounded near Saint-Nazaire in France.
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The French Navy detained the tanker Boracay off the country's coast in early October 2025.<ref>[https://t.me/Slavyangrad/143169 Footage of the capture of an oil tanker allegedly from the "Russian [[shadow fleet]]" by French special forces.]</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/VmC5JGnnIzY</ref> According to MarineTraffic, Boracay carrying oil departed on September 20, 2025, from the Russian port of Primorsk, passed through the [[Baltic Sea]], went around [[Denmark]] from the north, entered the [[North Sea]], and proceeded through the [[English Channel]]. The tanker was impounded near Saint-Nazaire in France.
    
In late November 2025, two oil tankers carrying Russian oil were struck by [[drone]]s off the coast of [[Turkiye]] in the Black Sea.
 
In late November 2025, two oil tankers carrying Russian oil were struck by [[drone]]s off the coast of [[Turkiye]] in the Black Sea.
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In early December 2025, the tanker "Mercen" carrying Russian oil was reported to be sinking off the coast of Dakar, [[Senegal]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] after an attack by four [[drone]]s.<ref>https://youtu.be/kbpx1t6Qoy8</ref>
 
In early December 2025, the tanker "Mercen" carrying Russian oil was reported to be sinking off the coast of Dakar, [[Senegal]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] after an attack by four [[drone]]s.<ref>https://youtu.be/kbpx1t6Qoy8</ref>
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In late December 2025 the drone attack on the "Qendil" oil tanker off the south coast of [[Crete]] was a NATO operation.<ref>https://www.itamilradar.com/2025/12/19/ukrainian-strike-reaches-the-central-mediterranean-tanker-qendil-hit-overnight/ </ref> The strike has been presented in the maritime industry and [[mainstream media]] as Ukrainian. ''[[Reuters]]'' reported that “Ukraine has struck a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] with aerial drones for the first time, an official said on Friday, reflecting the growing intensity of [[Kyiv]]'s attacks on Russian oil shipping. The vessel – the Qendil – was empty when it was struck by drones in neutral waters more than 2,000 km (1,250 miles) from Ukraine, sustaining critical damage, the official at the [[SBU]] security service said in a written statement.”
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In late December 2025, the drone attack on the "Qendil" oil tanker off the south coast of [[Crete]] was a NATO operation.<ref>https://www.itamilradar.com/2025/12/19/ukrainian-strike-reaches-the-central-mediterranean-tanker-qendil-hit-overnight/ </ref> The strike has been presented in the maritime industry and [[mainstream media]] as Ukrainian. ''[[Reuters]]'' reported that “Ukraine has struck a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] with aerial drones for the first time, an official said on Friday, reflecting the growing intensity of [[Kyiv]]'s attacks on Russian oil shipping. The vessel – the Qendil – was empty when it was struck by drones in neutral waters more than 2,000 km (1,250 miles) from Ukraine, sustaining critical damage, the official at the [[SBU]] security service said in a written statement.”
    
The [[BBC]] claimed to have verified the video footage of a small explosion on the deck of the vessel. “Footage given to the BBC in Kyiv by a source in the Ukrainian security service (SBU) appears to show the tanker – said to be the [[Oman]]-flagged Qendil – sailing in the open sea. A series of explosions can be seen in the footage in different areas of the tanker. The SBU told the BBC this was its first such attack in neutral waters. BBC Verify has confirmed the shape of the ship in the video is consistent with available pictures of the Qendil. We also put frames from the video through a reverse-image search on [[Google]] to check it is new.  Location data transmitted by the Qendil put it 96 nautical miles [178 kms] south-west of the [[Greek]] island of Crete a few hours ago. Ship-tracking tool MarineTraffic shows the tanker entered the Mediterranean from the [[Suez Canal]] on 16 December.”
 
The [[BBC]] claimed to have verified the video footage of a small explosion on the deck of the vessel. “Footage given to the BBC in Kyiv by a source in the Ukrainian security service (SBU) appears to show the tanker – said to be the [[Oman]]-flagged Qendil – sailing in the open sea. A series of explosions can be seen in the footage in different areas of the tanker. The SBU told the BBC this was its first such attack in neutral waters. BBC Verify has confirmed the shape of the ship in the video is consistent with available pictures of the Qendil. We also put frames from the video through a reverse-image search on [[Google]] to check it is new.  Location data transmitted by the Qendil put it 96 nautical miles [178 kms] south-west of the [[Greek]] island of Crete a few hours ago. Ship-tracking tool MarineTraffic shows the tanker entered the Mediterranean from the [[Suez Canal]] on 16 December.”
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Lloyds List, a US-owned maritime publication based in [[London]], reported the Ukrainian claim, noting "Qendil was empty at the time of the attack, sailing from [[India]]n port of Jamnagar after unloading [oil it had loaded at Novorossiysk]. Sources from Ukraine's security service told [[media]] that Ukraine would hit Russia's shadow fleet tankers 'anywhere in the world'.  This was the first attack claimed by Ukraine on a tanker carrying [[Russian oil]] in the Mediterranean, marking a significant escalation."
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Lloyd's List, a US-owned maritime publication based in [[London]], reported the Ukrainian claim, noting "Qendil was empty at the time of the attack, sailing from [[India]]n port of Jamnagar after unloading [oil it had loaded at Novorossiysk]. Sources from Ukraine's security service told [[media]] that Ukraine would hit Russia's shadow fleet tankers 'anywhere in the world'.  This was the first attack claimed by Ukraine on a tanker carrying [[Russian oil]] in the Mediterranean, marking a significant escalation."
    
However, the report also noted "a security source told Lloyd's List that a type of hexacopter drone was launched from a short distance, either from another vessel or from a neighbouring country…A security source told Lloyd's List that the drone strike far from the traditional [[Black Sea]] theatre should be a serious wake-up call for the maritime industry. 'If confirmed, the use of a short-range, vessel-launched or coastal drone platform would mark a significant [[escalation]], not just in capability but in [[geography]], signalling that commercial shipping linked to [[strategic]] [[energy]] flows may now face risk well beyond declared conflict zones,' the source said."<ref>https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1155927/Ukraine-targets-shadow-fleet-tanker-in-Mediterranean </ref>
 
However, the report also noted "a security source told Lloyd's List that a type of hexacopter drone was launched from a short distance, either from another vessel or from a neighbouring country…A security source told Lloyd's List that the drone strike far from the traditional [[Black Sea]] theatre should be a serious wake-up call for the maritime industry. 'If confirmed, the use of a short-range, vessel-launched or coastal drone platform would mark a significant [[escalation]], not just in capability but in [[geography]], signalling that commercial shipping linked to [[strategic]] [[energy]] flows may now face risk well beyond declared conflict zones,' the source said."<ref>https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1155927/Ukraine-targets-shadow-fleet-tanker-in-Mediterranean </ref>
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The 2024 NATO attack on Russia began on August 6, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the destruction of [[Hiroshima]] by America with an [[atomic bomb]]. The operation was conducted in line with the latest developments of [[American]] military doctrine, namely the doctrine of multi-domain operations. Multi-domain operations combine classical warfare with cyber attacks, information and [[Psyop|psychological operations]], and control in cyberspace. American fingerprints were all over the invasion.  
 
The 2024 NATO attack on Russia began on August 6, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the destruction of [[Hiroshima]] by America with an [[atomic bomb]]. The operation was conducted in line with the latest developments of [[American]] military doctrine, namely the doctrine of multi-domain operations. Multi-domain operations combine classical warfare with cyber attacks, information and [[Psyop|psychological operations]], and control in cyberspace. American fingerprints were all over the invasion.  
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From the first hours of the invasion, the Ukrainians and NATO mercenaries used [[terrorism|terror tactics]] and attacked [[civilian]]s, systematically shooting cars with fleeing refugees on the roads. Michael Clarke writing in ''[[The Times of London]]'' on August 31, 2024 confirmed the use of terror attacks on civilians to "frighten residents into panic measures."<ref>[https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/ukraine-arm-wrestles-russia-in-final-effort-to-break-forces-before-winter-gkbkq5gpd Ukraine ‘arm-wrestles’ Russia in final effort to break forces before winter], Michael Clarke, ''The Times'', August 31, 2024. thetimes.com</ref>
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From the first hours of the invasion, the Ukrainians and NATO mercenaries used [[terrorism|terror tactics]] and attacked [[civilian]]s, systematically shooting cars with fleeing refugees on the roads. Michael Clarke, writing in ''[[The Times of London]]'' on August 31, 2024, confirmed the use of terror attacks on civilians to "frighten residents into panic measures."<ref>[https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/ukraine-arm-wrestles-russia-in-final-effort-to-break-forces-before-winter-gkbkq5gpd Ukraine ‘arm-wrestles’ Russia in final effort to break forces before winter], Michael Clarke, ''The Times'', August 31, 2024. thetimes.com</ref>
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The purpose of terror tactics was to force local residents to stay in their homes in order to, on the one hand make it more difficult for Russian aircraft to strike at invading units in populated areas, and on the other hand to make it easier for the NATO forces to take hostages. It is not unusual for Ukrainians to use civilians as [[human shield]]s, but by the third day the NATO terror tactics changed. The Center for Information and Psychological Operations of Ukraine began to encourage a large-scale flight of the population from areas where there was no fighting. The strikes on the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant were intended by the Ukrainians to sow chaos and panic.
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The purpose of terror tactics was to force local residents to stay in their homes in order to, on the one hand, make it more difficult for Russian aircraft to strike at invading units in populated areas, and, on the other hand, to make it easier for the NATO forces to take hostages. It is not unusual for Ukrainians to use civilians as [[human shield]]s, but by the third day the NATO terror tactics changed. The Center for Information and Psychological Operations of Ukraine began to encourage a large-scale flight of the population from areas where there was no fighting. The strikes on the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant were intended by the Ukrainians to sow chaos and panic.
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On the night of September 19, 2024 a massive UAV strike was launched on various targets in Russia. Air defense was active in the Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol and Smolensk regions. One of the targets was an arsenal in the city of Toropets in the Tver region.
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On the night of September 19, 2024, a massive UAV strike was launched on various targets in Russia. Air defense was active in the Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol and Smolensk regions. One of the targets was an arsenal in the city of Toropets in the Tver region.
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According to military expert Alexander Zimovsky the strike on Toropets with six AGM-158B JASSM-ER ALCMs were likely launched from an [[F-16]].<ref>https://t.me/zimovskyAL/32868</ref>
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According to military expert Alexander Zimovsky, the strike on Toropets with six AGM-158B JASSM-ER ALCMs was likely launched from an [[F-16]].<ref>https://t.me/zimovskyAL/32868</ref>
    
The explosions at the warehouses were so powerful that they were recorded by earthquake monitoring systems. The first tremors, measuring 2.8 on the [[Richter scale]], were recorded at 3:56 a.m., and the next seven were weaker, ranging from 2 to 2.8 on the Richter scale.
 
The explosions at the warehouses were so powerful that they were recorded by earthquake monitoring systems. The first tremors, measuring 2.8 on the [[Richter scale]], were recorded at 3:56 a.m., and the next seven were weaker, ranging from 2 to 2.8 on the Richter scale.
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==Economic war==
 
==Economic war==
 
{{See also|Great Reset}}
 
{{See also|Great Reset}}
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The West hoped to quickly strangle the Russian economy. However, the calculations of the United States and its allies failed after the start of the special military operation. It became clear that the [[collective West]]'s bet on the weakness of the Russian economy did not play out. All the plans and calculations of NATO analysts failed. From 2014 to 2019 Western and NATO analysts claimed that Russia had a powerful army, but with a weak economy it would not be able to fight for long. They believed that they would impose sanctions and Russia would die. The West bet on the decomposition of Russian society by American culture and the discrediting of [[traditional values]].   
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The West hoped to quickly strangle the Russian economy. However, the calculations of the United States and its allies failed after the start of the special military operation. It became clear that the [[collective West]]'s bet on the weakness of the Russian economy did not play out. All the plans and calculations of NATO analysts failed. From 2014 to 2019, Western and NATO analysts claimed that Russia had a powerful army, but with a weak economy it would not be able to fight for long. They believed that they would impose sanctions and Russia would die. The West bet on the decomposition of Russian society by American culture and the discrediting of [[traditional values]].   
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By the summer of 2022 the Ukrainian Army was demilitarized, its weapons and manpower had been destroyed. By late 2022 Russia was demilitarizing not Ukraine, but NATO whose member states provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with weapons and artillery shells. The Ukrainian Army itself was already being formed from reservists, conscripts recruited by force, and foreign mercenaries.
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By the summer of 2022, the Ukrainian Army was demilitarized; its weapons and manpower had been destroyed. By late 2022, Russia was demilitarizing not Ukraine, but NATO, whose member states provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with weapons and artillery shells. The Ukrainian Army itself was already being formed from reservists, conscripts recruited by force, and foreign mercenaries.
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By the end of the third quarter of 2023 the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation reported that the national debt reached $206 billion accounting for 16.7% of gross domestic product (GDP),<ref>https://www.rt.com/business/583791-russia-state-debt-rising/</ref> in comparison to the [[socialist]] [[European Union]] national debt reaching a staggering $14 trillion accounting for 84.36% of its GDP,<ref>https://www.statista.com/statistics/253616/national-debt-of-the-eu-and-the-euro-area-in-relation-to-the-gdp/</ref> while the United States [[national debt]] reached over $33 trillion accounting for 122.8% of its GDP.<ref>https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/united-states/government-debt--of-nominal-gdp</ref>
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By the end of the third quarter of 2023, the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation reported that the national debt reached $206 billion, accounting for 16.7% of gross domestic product (GDP),<ref>https://www.rt.com/business/583791-russia-state-debt-rising/</ref> in comparison to the [[socialist]] [[European Union]] national debt reaching a staggering $14 trillion, accounting for 84.36% of its GDP,<ref>https://www.statista.com/statistics/253616/national-debt-of-the-eu-and-the-euro-area-in-relation-to-the-gdp/</ref> while the United States [[national debt]] reached over $33 trillion, accounting for 122.8% of its GDP.<ref>https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/united-states/government-debt--of-nominal-gdp</ref>
    
===2023 cancelation of grain deal===
 
===2023 cancelation of grain deal===
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Under the July 2022 grain deal, which was intended to help needy countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, the poorest countries received only 2.3% of all supplies. Ukrainian agricultural products went to the EU countries where prices are higher, according to UN data. Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, France and Romania accounted for 38% of all supplies under the grain deal. Turkey, [[Egypt]], [[Bangladesh]] and China filled out the balance, while [[Yemen]], [[Somalia]], [[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia]] faced famine conditions.<ref>https://en.news-front.info/2023/07/16/the-un-summed-up-the-results-of-the-grain-deal-the-poorest-countries-got-only-2-3-per-cent-of-supplies/</ref>
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Under the July 2022 grain deal, which was intended to help needy countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, the poorest countries received only 2.3% of all supplies. Ukrainian agricultural products went to the EU countries where prices are higher, according to UN data. Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, France and Romania accounted for 38% of all supplies under the grain deal. Turkey, [[Egypt]], [[Bangladesh]] and China filled out the balance, while [[Yemen]], [[Somalia]], [[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia]] faced famine conditions.<ref>https://en.news-front.info/2023/07/16/the-un-summed-up-the-results-of-the-grain-deal-the-poorest-countries-got-only-2-3-per-cent-of-supplies/</ref>
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On July 17, 2023, the Russian Federation announced that it would not be renewing the grain deal that was supposed to allow for shipments of grain and fertilizers from both Russia and Ukraine. The expulsion of Russia from the [[SWIFT]] world banking network made it impossible for Russia to get paid. The official Russian list of requirements that would need to be fulfilled for Russia to reinstate the grain deal was:
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On July 17, 2023, the Russian Federation announced that it would not be renewing the grain deal that was supposed to allow for shipments of grain and fertilizers from both Russia and Ukraine. The expulsion of Russia from the [[SWIFT]] world banking network made it impossible for Russia to get paid. The official Russian list of requirements that would need to be fulfilled for Russia to reinstate the grain deal was:
    
1. A real, not a speculative conclusion from the sanctions on the supply of Russian grain and fertilizers to world markets.
 
1. A real, not a speculative conclusion from the sanctions on the supply of Russian grain and fertilizers to world markets.
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3. Deliveries to Russia of spare parts and components for agricultural machinery and the fertilizer industry should be resumed.
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4. All issues with the charter of ships and insurance of Russian export food supplies must be resolved; all logistics of food supplies must be provided.
    
5. Unhindered conditions must be provided for expanding the supply of Russian fertilizers and raw materials for their production, including the restoration of the operation of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline.
 
5. Unhindered conditions must be provided for expanding the supply of Russian fertilizers and raw materials for their production, including the restoration of the operation of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline.
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Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia published a landmark paper on August 20, 2022, on the activities of bot accounts on [[Twitter]] related to the conflict in Ukraine. The Australian findings were staggering – of 5.2 million tweets on the [[social media]] network from February 23 to March 8, 2022, at the outbreak of the conflict, between 60 and 80% were shared by fake accounts.<ref>https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.07038.pdf</ref>
 
Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia published a landmark paper on August 20, 2022, on the activities of bot accounts on [[Twitter]] related to the conflict in Ukraine. The Australian findings were staggering – of 5.2 million tweets on the [[social media]] network from February 23 to March 8, 2022, at the outbreak of the conflict, between 60 and 80% were shared by fake accounts.<ref>https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.07038.pdf</ref>
 
[[File:US intel.PNG|left|300px|thumb|[[NBC News]] reported U.S. 'intelligence' was using dubious reports even when the source was questionable.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/04/us-intelligence-says-its-intelligence-is-bullshit.html</ref>]]
 
[[File:US intel.PNG|left|300px|thumb|[[NBC News]] reported U.S. 'intelligence' was using dubious reports even when the source was questionable.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/04/us-intelligence-says-its-intelligence-is-bullshit.html</ref>]]
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A clear democratic majority of the planet [[Earth]] does not support NATO's war on Russia. The two most populous countries on the planet, India and China, are not opposing Russia. Most of [[Africa]] is not condemning Russia. Similarly, the [[Arab]] and [[Muslim]] world has not condemned Russia. Only traditional US allies support America's efforts to overthrow the legitimate government of Russia, and many of them are seriously divided on the issue.
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A clear democratic majority of the planet [[Earth]] does not support NATO's war on Russia. The two most populous countries on the planet, India and China, are not opposing Russia. Most of [[Africa]] is not condemning Russia. Similarly, the [[Arab]] and [[Muslim]] world has not condemned Russia. Only traditional US allies support America's efforts to overthrow the legitimate government of Russia, and many of them are seriously divided on the issue.
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The incidents are too numerous to list (and many more are available above, see also the link), including deliberate war crimes committed by the Ukrainian government against its own citizens to blame on the Russian forces for global propaganda purposes.
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The incidents are too numerous to list (and many more are available above, see also the link), including deliberate war crimes committed by the Ukrainian government against its own citizens to blame on Russian forces for global propaganda purposes.
    
{{Anchor|Draghi}}
 
{{Anchor|Draghi}}
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On June 16, 2022, Presidents Emmanuel Macron of France, Olaf Scholz of Germany, Mario Draghi of Italy, and Klaus Iohannis of Romania traveled to Kyiv to present an alternative view to Volodymyr Zelensky for peace and negotiations versus the warmongering view of NATO escalation advocated by Boris Johnson and Joe Biden. The racist Western media, however, ignored Iohannis's presence and reported only on the three white presidents.<ref>https://thesaker.is/nothing-will-be-as-before/</ref>
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On June 16, 2022, Presidents Emmanuel Macron of France, Olaf Scholz of Germany, Mario Draghi of Italy, and Klaus Iohannis of Romania traveled to Kyiv to present an alternative view to Volodymyr Zelensky for peace and negotiations versus the warmongering view of NATO escalation advocated by Boris Johnson and Joe Biden. The racist Western media, however, ignored Iohannis's presence and reported only on the three white presidents.<ref>https://thesaker.is/nothing-will-be-as-before/</ref>
    
On October 10, 2022, the head of the Department of Cyber Security of Ukraine, Police Colonel Yuriy Zaskoka was killed in the epicenter of a Russian cruise missile attack.<ref>https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/10/10/russia-strikes-kyiv-multiple-ukrainian-cities-many-dead.html</ref>
 
On October 10, 2022, the head of the Department of Cyber Security of Ukraine, Police Colonel Yuriy Zaskoka was killed in the epicenter of a Russian cruise missile attack.<ref>https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/10/10/russia-strikes-kyiv-multiple-ukrainian-cities-many-dead.html</ref>
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After all the death and destruction NATO wrought in Ukraine by February 2024, an interview with Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky garnered only 38,000 views on [[YouTube]], whereas an interview with President Vladimir Putin on the X platform with [[Tucker Carlson]] receive over 90 million in just 12 hours.
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After all the death and destruction NATO wrought in Ukraine by February 2024, an interview with Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky garnered only 38,000 views on [[YouTube]], whereas an interview with President Vladimir Putin on the X platform with [[Tucker Carlson]] received over 90 million in just 12 hours.
    
===Bucha massacre===
 
===Bucha massacre===
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====Western coverup====
 
[[File:Reuters Izium fake news.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Reuters withdrew the initial attempt by the Zelensky regime to create another false [[narrative]] about alleged Russian massacres.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/09/ukraine-dissecting-some-war-propaganda-news-items-addendum.html</ref>]]
 
[[File:Reuters Izium fake news.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Reuters withdrew the initial attempt by the Zelensky regime to create another false [[narrative]] about alleged Russian massacres.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/09/ukraine-dissecting-some-war-propaganda-news-items-addendum.html</ref>]]
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Western media and the NATO allies [[coverup]] came unglued by their own investigation. A team of forensic investigators from Kyiv reported that dozens of civilians who died in the city of Bucha were killed by tiny metal arrows from shells fired by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) artillery.
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Western media and the NATO allies [[coverup]] came unglued by their own investigation. A team of forensic investigators from Kyiv reported that dozens of civilians who died in the city of Bucha were killed by tiny metal arrows from shells fired by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) artillery.
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Pathologists and coroners who are carrying out postmortems on bodies found in mass graves in the region north of Kyiv said they found small metal darts, called fléchettes, embedded in people's heads and chests. “We found several really thin, nail-like objects in the bodies of men and women and so did others of my colleagues in the region,” Vladyslav Pirovskyi, a Ukrainian forensic doctor, told ''[[The Guardian]]''. “It is very hard to find those in the body, they are too thin. The majority of these bodies come from the Bucha-Irpin region.”
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Pathologists and coroners who are carrying out postmortems on bodies found in mass graves in the region north of Kyiv said they found small metal darts, called fléchettes, embedded in people's heads and chests. “We found several really thin, nail-like objects in the bodies of men and women and so did others of my colleagues in the region,” Vladyslav Pirovskyi, a Ukrainian forensic doctor, told ''[[The Guardian]]''. “It is very hard to find those in the body, they are too thin. The majority of these bodies come from the Bucha-Irpin region.”
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Independent weapons experts who reviewed pictures of the metal arrows found in the bodies confirmed that they were fléchettes, an anti-personnel weapon widely used during the [[First World War]]. These small metal darts are contained in tank or field gun shells. Each shell can contain up to 8,000 fléchettes. Once fired, shells burst when a timed fuse detonates and explodes above the ground.
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Independent weapons experts who reviewed pictures of the metal arrows found in the bodies confirmed that they were fléchettes, an anti-personnel weapon widely used during the [[First World War]]. These small metal darts are contained in tank or field gun shells. Each shell can contain up to 8,000 fléchettes. Once fired, shells burst when a timed fuse detonates and explodes above the ground.
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“According to a number of witnesses in Bucha, fléchette rounds were fired by artillery a few days before Russian forces withdrew from the area at the end of March”, – ''The Guardian'' reported.<ref>https://youtu.be/MpSM-aiaxK4</ref> The same fléchettes were used by the AFU in 2014 in the [[Lugansk Peoples Republic]] (LPR) at the start of the Donbas war.
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“According to a number of witnesses in Bucha, fléchette rounds were fired by artillery a few days before Russian forces withdrew from the area at the end of March”, – ''The Guardian'' reported.<ref>https://youtu.be/MpSM-aiaxK4</ref> The same fléchettes were used by the AFU in 2014 in the [[Lugansk Peoples Republic]] (LPR) at the start of the Donbas war.
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Fléchettes were not widely used during the [[Second World War]], but were brought back by the US during the [[Vietnam War]]. “Fléchettes are an anti-personnel weapon designed to penetrate dense vegetation and to strike a large number of enemy soldiers,” according to Amnesty International. “They should never be used in built-up civilian areas.”<ref>https://southfront.org/bucha-investigation-contradicts-itself-confirms-afus-atrocities/</ref>
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Fléchettes were not widely used during the [[Second World War]], but were brought back by the US during the [[Vietnam War]]. “Fléchettes are an anti-personnel weapon designed to penetrate dense vegetation and to strike a large number of enemy soldiers,” according to Amnesty International. “They should never be used in built-up civilian areas.”<ref>https://southfront.org/bucha-investigation-contradicts-itself-confirms-afus-atrocities/</ref>
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A team of 18 experts from the forensic department of France's national gendarmerie, alongside a team of forensic investigators from Kyiv, have started documenting the situation after the re-occupation of Bucha by the SBU Safari force. “We are seeing a lot of mutilated (disfigured) bodies,” said Pirovsky. “A lot of them had their hands tied behind their backs and shots in the back of their heads. There were also cases with automatic gunfire, like six to eight holes on the back of victims. And we have several cases of cluster bombs’ elements embedded in the bodies of the victims.”
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A team of 18 experts from the forensic department of France's national gendarmerie, alongside a team of forensic investigators from Kyiv, have started documenting the situation after the re-occupation of Bucha by the SBU Safari force. “We are seeing a lot of mutilated (disfigured) bodies,” said Pirovsky. “A lot of them had their hands tied behind their backs and shots in the back of their heads. There were also cases with automatic gunfire, like six to eight holes on the back of victims. And we have several cases of cluster bombs’ elements embedded in the bodies of the victims.”
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Evidence collected by experts during a visit to Bucha, Hostomel and Borodianka, and reviewed by independent weapons experts, showed that cluster munitions and powerful unguided bombs were used in the region. They killed a large number of civilians and destroyed at least eight buildings. These types of weapons are banned by the Ottawa Convention, which Ukraine is party to. Illegal cluster munitions were discovered in Ukrainian weapons storage depots.
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Evidence collected by experts during a visit to Bucha, Hostomel and Borodianka, and reviewed by independent weapons experts, showed that cluster munitions and powerful unguided bombs were used in the region. They killed a large number of civilians and destroyed at least eight buildings. These types of weapons are banned by the Ottawa Convention, which Ukraine is party to. Illegal cluster munitions were discovered in Ukrainian weapons storage depots.
    
===Mass rapes===
 
===Mass rapes===
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Lyudmyla Denisova, the Ukrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights, was fired when no evidence could be found of her allegations of 400 instances of mass rape by Russian soldiers.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-05-31/card/ukraine-s-parliament-dismisses-human-rights-chief-1kQWT7i0GHXyeqh6spRe</ref>  238 Members of Parliament voted her out. Denisova was accused of failing to perform her duties and in particular of spreading fake news and propaganda about atrocities supposedly committed by Russian troops in Ukraine. Such actions only served to tarnish Ukraine's image, MPs have argued. Other complaints were that Denisova had failed to organize humanitarian corridors and POW exchanges.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/05/rape-allegations-against-russian-troops-in-ukraine-were-fake.html#more</ref>
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Lyudmyla Denisova, the Ukrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights, was fired when no evidence could be found of her allegations of 400 instances of mass rape by Russian soldiers.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-05-31/card/ukraine-s-parliament-dismisses-human-rights-chief-1kQWT7i0GHXyeqh6spRe</ref>  238 Members of Parliament voted her out. Denisova was accused of failing to perform her duties and in particular of spreading fake news and propaganda about atrocities supposedly committed by Russian troops in Ukraine. Such actions only served to tarnish Ukraine's image, MPs have argued. Other complaints were that Denisova had failed to organize humanitarian corridors and POW exchanges.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/05/rape-allegations-against-russian-troops-in-ukraine-were-fake.html#more</ref>
    
The fake news stories stemming from high-ranking Ukrainian officials were widely disseminated by [[TIME magazine|''TIME'' magazine]], [[CNN]], ''[[Newsweek]]'' and other fake news sources.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-fires-human-rights-chief-perpetuating-russian-troop-systematic-rape-stories</ref>
 
The fake news stories stemming from high-ranking Ukrainian officials were widely disseminated by [[TIME magazine|''TIME'' magazine]], [[CNN]], ''[[Newsweek]]'' and other fake news sources.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-fires-human-rights-chief-perpetuating-russian-troop-systematic-rape-stories</ref>
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===2024 D-Day commemoration===
 
===2024 D-Day commemoration===
 
[[File:Biden poops his pants again.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Democrat President [[Joseph R. Biden]] poops his pants while representing the [[United States of America]] at commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the [[D-Day]] landings in [[France]], June 6, 2024.]]
 
[[File:Biden poops his pants again.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Democrat President [[Joseph R. Biden]] poops his pants while representing the [[United States of America]] at commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the [[D-Day]] landings in [[France]], June 6, 2024.]]
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In June 6, 2024 Supreme Socialist commander [[Joe Biden]] visited Normandy beaches in [[France]] to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the [[Normandy invasion]]. The commemoration was a falsified version of the D-Day landings and an opportunity for Biden and French globalist leader [[Emmanuel Macron]] to draw a parallel with their equally falsified presentation of the NATO war in Ukraine.
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On June 6, 2024, Supreme Socialist commander [[Joe Biden]] visited Normandy beaches in [[France]] to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the [[Normandy invasion]]. The commemoration was a falsified version of the D-Day landings and an opportunity for Biden and French globalist leader [[Emmanuel Macron]] to draw a parallel with their equally falsified presentation of the NATO war in Ukraine.
    
No Russian delegation was invited. On the contrary, the Ukrainian army, which fought alongside the [[Nazi]]s, was.
 
No Russian delegation was invited. On the contrary, the Ukrainian army, which fought alongside the [[Nazi]]s, was.
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Biden, Macron and their guests presented the [[United States]] as the victors of the [[Second World War]], whereas it was the [[Soviet Union]] that took [[Berlin]] and overthrew the [[Third Reich]]. The Western globalist leaders ignored the sacrifice of 27 million Soviet people. On the contrary, they focused their narrative on the 292,000 dead soldiers of the United States (mainly in the [[Pacific Theatre]] in war against [[Japan]]).<ref>[https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL32492 American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics], Updated July 29, 2020. Congressional Research Service RL32492. https://crsreports.congress.gov </ref> Two completely different war efforts.<ref>Of the 291,557 official American [[combat]] deaths in World War II, less than half, or 104,812 were killed in action in the European Theatre of Operations. [https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/604573/# V-E Day Marked End of Long Road for World War II Troops], by Jim Garamone, [[DOD]] News. www.defense.gov</ref>
 
Biden, Macron and their guests presented the [[United States]] as the victors of the [[Second World War]], whereas it was the [[Soviet Union]] that took [[Berlin]] and overthrew the [[Third Reich]]. The Western globalist leaders ignored the sacrifice of 27 million Soviet people. On the contrary, they focused their narrative on the 292,000 dead soldiers of the United States (mainly in the [[Pacific Theatre]] in war against [[Japan]]).<ref>[https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL32492 American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics], Updated July 29, 2020. Congressional Research Service RL32492. https://crsreports.congress.gov </ref> Two completely different war efforts.<ref>Of the 291,557 official American [[combat]] deaths in World War II, less than half, or 104,812 were killed in action in the European Theatre of Operations. [https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/604573/# V-E Day Marked End of Long Road for World War II Troops], by Jim Garamone, [[DOD]] News. www.defense.gov</ref>
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In passing, they recalled the murder of 6 million [[Jew]]s by the Nazis, whether in the "Shoah by bullets" or, from 1942 onwards, in Nazi death camps. A way of ignoring the murder of 18 million Soviet [[Slavic]] civilians considered "[[sub-human]]"<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/7928812/America_s_Nazis_in_Kiev_Russians_are_Subhuman_ America’s Nazis in Kiev: “Russians are Subhuman”], [[Tony Cartalucci]], ''New Eastern Outlook'', 30.06.2014. www.academia.edu</ref> and designated as the main targets of the Nazi extermination project. Not a word either about all the other target categories, such as other Slavs or [[Gypsies]].
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In passing, they recalled the murder of 6 million [[Jew]]s by the Nazis, whether in the "Shoah by bullets" or, from 1942 onwards, in Nazi death camps. It was A way of ignoring the murder of 18 million Soviet [[Slavic]] civilians considered "[[sub-human]]"<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/7928812/America_s_Nazis_in_Kiev_Russians_are_Subhuman_ America’s Nazis in Kiev: “Russians are Subhuman”], [[Tony Cartalucci]], ''New Eastern Outlook'', 30.06.2014. www.academia.edu</ref> and designated as the main targets of the Nazi extermination project. Not a word either about all the other target categories, such as other Slavs or [[Gypsies]].
    
Speaking to [[Volodymyr Zelensky]], Biden declared: "Ukraine is being invaded by a tyrant, and we will never give up on him (...) We cannot give up on dictators, it’s unimaginable (...) The soldiers of D-Day did their duty, will we do ours? (...) We must not lose what has been done here".
 
Speaking to [[Volodymyr Zelensky]], Biden declared: "Ukraine is being invaded by a tyrant, and we will never give up on him (...) We cannot give up on dictators, it’s unimaginable (...) The soldiers of D-Day did their duty, will we do ours? (...) We must not lose what has been done here".
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Far from being a "[[dictator]]", Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] was re-elected in March with 88.5% of the vote. The ballot was conducted in a valid manner, even if, according to Westerners, the election campaign left little room for his opposition. On the contrary, Volodymyr Zelensky term of office as President of Ukraine expired three weeks earlier on May 21, 2024 and was extended by himself without a free and fair [[democracy|democratic]] [[election]].<ref>[https://www.voltairenet.org/article221018.html How to justify NATO’s aggression against Russia],
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Far from being a "[[dictator]]", the Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] was re-elected in March with 88.5% of the vote. The ballot was conducted in a valid manner, even if, according to Westerners, the election campaign left little room for his opposition. On the contrary, Volodymyr Zelensky's term of office as President of Ukraine expired three weeks earlier, on May 21, 2024, and was extended by himself without a free and fair [[democracy|democratic]] [[election]].<ref>[https://www.voltairenet.org/article221018.html How to justify NATO’s aggression against Russia],
 
by Thierry Meyssan, ''Voltairenet'', June 11, 2024. www.voltairenet.org</ref>
 
by Thierry Meyssan, ''Voltairenet'', June 11, 2024. www.voltairenet.org</ref>
  
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