Russia Has A New Friend, & I'm Not Talking About Icee, Dave Or Dixie
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The United States and Russia aren’t allies.
But Trump and Putin are.
Numerous links between Trump and the Trump Mafia Family associates and people with ties to the Russian government have been identified…
Russia has upgraded many of its military capabilities over the past several years, but this conflict has definitely not gone the way they wanted. The Ukraine military is putting up a better fight than expected, and they are now looking at a significant civilian uprising. And Russia has a long, not-successful history with those types of engagements.
What Russia hoped for was to roll into Ukraine, topple the current government, and install a new (sympathetic) government. And they wanted to do it so quickly that the international community wouldn't have a choice but to accept it. That's not happening, but by bringing in Belarus they might be able to shorten the timeline.
From a purely military perspective, there is no way that Ukraine wins this war. But, from a strategic perspective, Ukraine could draw it out long enough for a combination of sanctions, international isolation, and the threat of a prolonged resistance movement to outlast Russia's will to commit. What does that look like in the end? No one knows, but probably not how Putin envisioned.
Russia has a bad history with civilian resistance in places like Afghanistan and Chechnya. They wanted a decisive victory, and that's not possible now. Now we get to see how they feel about a grinding, possibly years-long struggle.
I will answer your questions:
Q: Don't you think it's odd that Superpower Russia needs help to defeat Ukraine?
A: This USA manufactured conflict is for influence and power in the region (and the world).
Ukraine's government, is under the influence of the west (USA and its European minions), and is being lured away from the post-Soviet influence of Russia.
The USA’s CIA is continuously creating this type of conflicts “secretly” supporting extremists inside countries in case the USA puppet regime fails to serve Its financial, political interests.
In this kind of conflict guess who is getting richer and richer regardless of the result…
Q: Would we need help to defeat Canada?
A: LOL, Canada is the Attic of the USA, it provides “insulation” from the outside world like the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans do.
T H E U N D E N I A B L E T R U T H
“The US population is generally ignorant, mis-educated, and deliberately lied-to, about international affairs even more than domestic politics.
They think of themselves as “America” and say, “we” and “us” when speaking about the national state of which they really know little and have less control.”
“It is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of the few...”
~ Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg
~ Born: 3rd January 2003 , Sweden
~ Occupation: Student, environmental activist
https://fortune.com/2022/02/25/how-to-he…
https://mobile.twitter.com/UNRefugeeAgen…
Слава Україні
Glory to Ukraine!
Not very smart actually.
Peace talks underway in Belarus. Hopefully bidens war ends
I would rather eat a bowl of dogshit than shake his hand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e42F1V3A…
Jen Psaki, today, 52 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9WaFiI…
PBS Newshour Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9ryei0W…
Russian attack on Ukraine: Latest update as U.S. shuts down embassy in Belarus (also non-emergency US embassy staff in Moscow authorized to leave)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SRfzUiN…
I think there is going to be a military revolt against Putin
Ukraine comes under heavy attack from Russia (shows making Molotov Cocktails)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIRUZ-Fi…
Putin's threat: Is Russia ready to use the nuclear option? | To the point (26 min long, DW Australian news)
LIVE: PUTIN THREATENS NUKES AS RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE (everyone is talking about assassination of Putin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6xJIW9x…
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Lidija Bacic Lille LIVE - Solo ft Luka Basi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4baAqaB…
Ginger Baker's Air Force - 12 Gates of the City (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED_6dYfj…
Ukrainian Parliament member: "We will win" war against Russia 3 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioyuRXuw…
Ukraine Invasion: Putin says the 'worst is yet to come' 1hr ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk_Yl4NO…
Watch live: A special programme on the Ukraine invasion 2hours ago, 1 hour long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crWAMd1e…
Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAG…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQN2o6-r…
‘My future is taken away from me’: Russians flee to escape consequences of Moscow’s war
https://www.yahoo.com/news/future-taken-…
Nato opposes pleas for No Fly Zone
Russia passes new laws to silence dissent, bans foreign news outlets | Ukraine invasion latest news (German DW 7hrs ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMCQ2QMM…
NATO’s Stoltenberg tells FRANCE 24 Russia's warning to Finland, Sweden 'unacceptable' (France 24 English 7hrs ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj9cPudf…
Ukrainians strike massive Russian convoy, Pentagon says (CNN 1 hr ago) (Ukrainians blew up a bridge to stop the Russian convoy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsBc_Vbt…
A Bayraktar TB2 Strikes Again, Hundred Russian Tanks Were Destroyed Near Ukraine Capital Kyiv! (2 hours ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLOPyLO…
Russia passes new laws to silence dissent, bans foreign news outlets | Ukraine invasion latest news (German DW 7hrs ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMCQ2QMM…
Russia’s Unprecedented Shelling of Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Raises Fears of Another Chernobyl
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/4/ru…
Talking about Claus von Stauffenberg
"Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, left, looks on as Adolf Hitler welcomes Gen. Karl Bodenschatz on July 7, 1944. Von Stauffenberg attempted to kill Hitler on July 20 and was executed the next day."
Republicans, Democrats slam Lindsey Graham after he calls for Putin's assassination (Russians have brought crematoriums with them)
https://news.yahoo.com/republicans-democ…
This could be another way, besides quarantine on the Black Sea and No Fly Zone, for outside military forces to enter this.
Russian Environmentalist Speaks Out on Putin’s Attack on Antiwar Protesters & Independent Media
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/4/ru…
Ukrainian American Journalist: Putin’s Unjust War Is Emboldening Ukraine’s Far-Right Movement
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/4/fa…
The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Is Like Something From A Movie: Peter Zalmayev (MSNBC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwV1HGGN…
On board a Nato surveillance plane monitoring Russian activity in Ukraine - BBC News (Boeing 707)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5j2mrX…
On the Ground in Ukraine: A VICE News Tonight Special Report 4 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk5DgCwd…
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PSD - Stripper Shoes
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Lenny Kravitz - Again (his stuff uses interesting chord progressions)
https://news.yahoo.com/republicans-democ…
Lenny Kravitz Full unseen UNEDITED Performance from the Kennedy Honors Tribute to Led Zeppelin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-oDk89y…
Lenny Kravitz - american woman - Live At iTunes Festival 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm3r4jPr…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijsOQnq-…
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Not very smart actually."
Well I searched and couldn't find anything and there are quite a few news sites with compilations of Trump's comments on Putin. What I did find is Trump claiming that Putin called Trump a genius.
BTW did you catch Pence’s speech the other day, he called Trump out over this issue.
https://www.facebook.com/IGORSUSHKORACIN…
My translation of the analysis of the current situation in Russia by an alleged active FSB analyst. Buckle up for a long thread and definitely please share far & wide. The full text is over 2000 words. This is a highly insightful look behind the curtain - covers many subjects. I will add clarification comments inside parenthesis where necessary. So, let's roll:
I have hardly slept at all these days, at work at almost all times, I have brain-fog. Maybe from overworking, but I feel like I am in a surreal world.
The Pandora’s Box is open – a real global horror will begin by the summer – global famine is inevitable. Russia and Ukraine were the main suppliers of grain to the world. This year’s harvest will be smaller and logistical problems will result in a catastrophe. (MY COMMENTARY: I disagree that this will result in global famine.)
I can’t say what guided those in charge to decide to proceed with the execution of this operation, but now they are methodically blaming us (FSB). We are being scolded for our analysis. Recently, we have been increasingly pressured to prepare more reports. All of these political consultants and politicians and that powers-that-be are causing chaos. Most importantly, no one knew that there will be such a war – it was concealed from everyone. For example – you are being asked to analyze various outcomes and consequences of a meteorite attack (MY COMMENTARY: Here he most likely means the West’s sanctions) – you research the mode of attack, and you are being told that it’s just a hypothetical and not to stress on the details, so you understand the report is only intended as a checkbox, and the conclusions of the analysis must be positive for Russia, otherwise you basically get interrogated for not doing good work. So, you have to write that we have all necessary measures available to nullify the effects of a given type of attack. We are completely overworked. But then it turns out that the hypothetical has turned into reality, and the analysis we’ve done on that hypothetical is total trash.
We have no answer to the sanctions because of this.
No one knew there’d be such a war, so no one prepared for these sanctions.
It’s the flipside of the secrecy – since everyone was kept in the dark, how could we prepare for it?
Kadyrov has gone nuts. We were very close to a conflict with him because the Ukrainians through their disinformation about having received intel from the FSB on his squad in Kyiv. His squad was absolutely demolished before they even began to fight and they got blown to pieces. I do not have any info that it was an FSB leak to Ukraine, so I’d give it a 1-2% chance – but can’t exclude this possibility completely.
Our Blitzkrieg has totally collapsed. It is impossible to complete the task: If Zelensky and his deputies were captured in the first 3 days, all key buildings also captured, and they were forced to read an address of their surrender to the country, then Ukraine’s resistance would have likely dissolved to a minimal level. Theoretically. But then what? Even in this IDEAL outcome, there remained an unsolvable problem: Who is the counterparty to our negotiations? If we remove Zelensky – fine – who is going to sign the agreement? If with Zelensky, then that agreement is worthless after we remove him.
ОПЗЖ (The Opposition Party in Ukraine collaborating with Russia) has refused to cooperate. Medvechuk, the coward, ran away. There is another leader – Boyko, but he refused too, even his own people won’t understand him. Wanted to bring back Tsaryova, but even our guys are against him here in Russia. Bring back Yanukovich? But how? If we are saying we can’t occupy, then the newly formed government will be overthrown in 10 minutes as soon as we leave.
To occupy? Where would we find that many people? Commandant’s office, military police, counter-intelligence, security – even at minimum resistance from the Ukrainians, we’d need over 500,000 people, not including supply & logistics. There’s a rule, if you try to cover for bad quality leadership with quantity, you’ll make everything worse. And I repeat this would be the problem in the IDEAL SCENARIO, which does not exist.
And what now? We cannot announce general mobilization for two reasons: 1) Mobilization will implode the situation inside Russia: political, economic, and social.
2) Our logistics are already over-extended today. We can send a much large contingent into Ukraine, and what would we get? Ukraine – a territorially enormous country, and their hate towards us is astronomical. Our roads simply cannot accommodate the resupply of such convoys, and everything will come to a halt. And we can’t pull it off from the management side because of the current chaos.
These two reasons exist concurrently, although just one of them is enough to break everything.
With regards to Russian military losses: I don’t know the reality – no one does. There was some information the first 2 days, but now no one knows what is happening in Ukraine. We’ve lost contact with major divisions (!!) They may re-establish contact, or may dissipate under an attack, and even the commanders don’t know how many are dead, injured, or captured. Total dead is definitely in the thousands, maybe 10,000, maybe 5,000, or maybe just 2,000. But even at our command no one knows. But probably closer to 10,000. And we are not counting losses at DNR & LNR.
Now even we kill Zelensky or take him prisoner, nothing will change. The level of hate toward us is similar to Chechnya. And now, even those loyal to us in Ukraine are publicly against us.
Because all of this was planned at the top (in Russia), because we were told that such a scenario will not happen except only if we were to be attacked first. Because we were told that we need to maximize our threats in order to negotiate an outcome through peace. Because we were already preparing protests against Zelensky without ever considering invading Ukraine.
Now, civilian losses in Ukraine will follow a geometric pattern progression, and resistance against us will only get stronger. Infantries already tried to enter cities – out of 20 paratrooper groups, only one had “provisional” success. Recall the invasion of Mosul – it’s a rule – happens with every country, nothing new.
To hold a siege? Over the last decades in Europe – Serbia being the best example, cities can remain functional under siege for years.
Humanitarian convoys from Europe to Ukraine is only a matter of time.
Our conditional deadline is June. Conditional because in June there will be no economy left in Russia – there will be nothing left. By and large, next week there will be a collapse (in Russia) to either of the two sides, simply because the situation cannot remain under current conditions.
We have no analyses, we can’t make any forecasts in this chaos, no one will be able to say anything with any certainty (in Russia).
To act through intuition, especially with high emotions, this is no poker game. But our bets will have to grow in size with hope that some option will succeed.
The tragedy is that we can easily miscalculate, and as a result lose everything.
By and large, Russia does not have an out. There are no options for a possible victory, only of losses – this is it.
100% we’ve repeated our mistake from last century, when we decided to kick the “weak” Japan in order to achieve a quick victory, and it turned our army was in a state of total calamity. Then, we started a war till the victorious end, then we started conscripting the Bolsheviks for re-education in the army. Then these barely-known Bolsheviks picked up their anti-war slogans.
From the pluses: We did everything to ensure there wasn’t even a hint that we sent penal military units to the front. If you conscript political prisoners and the socially undesirables, the moral spirit of the army will be in the negative.
The enemy is motivated. Monstrously motivated. Knows how to fight, plenty of capable commanders. They have weapons and support. We will simply establish a precedent of human catastrophe in the world.
What we are afraid of the most: The top is trying to mask old problems with new problems. Largely for this reason Donbass happened in 2014 – We needed to distract the West from the Russian Spring in Crimea, so Donbass’ so-called crisis had to pull in all of the attention and become a bargaining chip. But even bigger problems started there. Then we decided to pressure Erdogan to get 4 pipes for the Southern Stream (gas) and entered Syria. This is after Suleimani (Islamic Revolutionary Guard) knowingly provided false info to us to solve his own problems.
As a result, we couldn’t resolve the problem with Crimea, and Donbass’ problems didn’t go away. Southern Stream was reduced to 2 pipes (gas), and Syria is hanging – we leave and Assad will be toppled and we will look like idiots, and staying there is hard and pointless.
I don’t know who come up with the “Blitzkrieg of Ukraine.” Had received all the real inputs, we would have at minimum pointed out that the initial plan is arguable, and that much has to be reassessed. A lot had to be reassessed.
Now we are in crap (PG language mine) up to our necks, and we don’t know what to do. “Denazification” and “demilitarization” are not analytical categories because they don’t have concretely formulated parameters by which meeting of the objectives can be evaluated.
Now we are stuck waiting until some mentally screwed up advisor convinces the top to start a conflict with Europe, with demands to reduce the sanctions – they either loosen the sanctions or war. What if the West refuses? In that instance I won’t exclude that we will be pulled into a real international conflict, just like Hitler in 1939. Our “Z” will be equated to the Swastika.
Is there a possibility of a localized nuclear strike? Yes. Not for any military objectives. Such a weapon won’t help with the breach of the defenses. But with a goal of scaring everyone else (The West).
We are plowing to create a scenario in which to blame everything on Ukraine. Naryshkin (Director of Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia) and his SVR is digging the ground to prove that Ukraine was secretly building nuclear weapons. F*&K. They are hammering at what we’ve already analyzed and closed the book on: We can’t just make up any evidence or proof and existence of specialists and Uranium. Ukraine has a ton of depleted isotope 238 – this is nothing. The production cycle is such that you can’t do it in secret.
A dirty bomb can’t be created in secret. Ukraine’s old nuclear power plants can only produce the material as a by-product in minimal amounts. The Americans have such monitoring at these plants with MAGATE that even talking about this is stupid.
Do you know what will start in a week? Let’s let it be even in 2 weeks. We are going to be so screwed we will start reminiscing about the good ol’ hungry days of the 90s. As the markets are being closed, Nabiullina appears to be taking the right steps, but it’s like plugging holes on a ship with your fingers. The situation will break through anyway and even stronger. Nothing will be solved in 3 or 5 or 7 days any longer.
Kadyrov is kicking his hoofs not without reason. They have their own adventures. He created a name for himself as the invincible – and if he falls down once his own people will remove him.
Next. Syria. “Guys – hold on, everything will end in Ukraine and then we will fortify our positions in Syria.” And now at any moment our contingent stationed there may run out of resources, and then ridiculous heat will come…. Turkey is closing the strait, and sending supplies to Syria by air is the same as heating an oven with cash. Please notice – this is all happening at the same time, and we don’t even have time to throw it all in one pile for analysis.
Our current position is like Germany in 1943-1944 – but that’s our STARTING position in Ukraine.
Sometimes I get lost in this overwork, sometimes feels as if this is just a dream and all is as it was before.
With regards to prisons – it will be worse. The nuts will start to get tightened till blood. Everywhere. To be frank, purely technically, this is the only way to maintain any control of the situation. We are already in total mobilization mode. But we can’t remain in this mode for long, but our timetables are unknown, and it will only get worse. Governance always goes astray from mobilization. And just imagine: You can sprint 100m – but try that in a marathon.
And so, with the Ukrainian question we lunged as if going for a 100m sprint, but turned out we’d signed up for a marathon.
And this is a rather brief overview of the current events.
To offer further cynicism, I don’t believe that Putin will press the red button to destroy the entire world.
First, it’s not one person that decides, and someone will refuse. There are lots of people there and there is no single “red” button.
Second, there are certain doubts that it actually functions properly. Experience shows that the more transparent the control procedures, the easier it is to identify problems. And where it’s mirky as to who controls what and how, but always reports full of bravado, is where there are always problems.
I am not sure that the “red button” system functions according to the declared data. Besides, plutonium fuel must be changed every 10 years.
Third, and this is the most disgusting and sad, I personally do not believe in Putin’s will to sacrifice himself when he does not even allow his closest ministers and advisors to be in his vicinity. Whether it’s due to his fear of COVID or a possible assassination is irrelevant. If you are scared for the most trusted people to be near you, then how could you possibly choose to destroy yourself and those dearest to you.
(NOTE:
This entire translation is accessible on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/15…
ALSO:
You can read my personal take on the situation published on March 1st here: https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/14…)
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