(Michael Robison) Since the very beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many have warned that the ill-begotten sanctions against Russia would have little effect on its economy but rather create harm to the American economy.
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As Invasion Enters 100th Day, Russia Now Holds 20% Of Ukraine: Zelensky
(Tyler Durden) As the Russian invasion has entered its 100th day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that Russian forces are now in control of 20% of Ukraine’s territory.
Russia Uses Chinese Ships And Indian Refiners To Stay Ahead of Oil Sanctions
(Mike Shedlock) As the US and EU pile on sanctions, Russia finds more ways to avoid them…
US Engaged In “Offensive” Cyber Ops Against Russia In Ukraine: NSA Director
(Tyler Durden) The US military has issued a stunning but perhaps not entirely unexpected admission that it has been conducting offensive cyber operations in support of Ukraine. It marks the first ever such acknowledgement, and suggests – as many observers have long suspected – a deeper Pentagon and US intelligence role in Ukraine against the Russian military than previously thought.
Eleven Ukrainian Units Betrayed by Senior Commanders
(Larry Johnson) The meme that Ukraine is crushing the Russian invasion is flipping and a slew of videos of angry Ukrainian soldiers have popped up on Ukrainian social media over the past week. Apart from the despicable AZOV battalion, which surrendered 2500 fighters at Mariupol, the Ukrainian soldiers called into action and sent to the Donbas to fight the Russians are angry at their chain of command for not properly supplying them with the weapons and equipment they need to fight. This is not your normal troop bitching about conditions. All soldiers in all wars throughout history have passed the time complaining about lousy food, terrible weather, inept commanders and stupid decisions.
Are ‘Assassination’ Rumors a Message to Putin That His Kremlin Days Are Numbered?
(Susan Katz Keating) International speculation on the fate of Vladimir Putin increasingly centers on when and how the Russian president will fall from power.
Putting the War in Ukraine in Context
(Larry Johnson) Western media, pundits and politicians grudgingly are coming to grips that Russia is winning the ground in Ukraine and defeating the Ukrainian Army. Still, they are bending over backwards to perpetuate the illusion that Ukraine still has a fighting chance if only they get a super game changing weapon. Let me take you on a tour of representative media accounts of the conflict so that you can savor the flavor of coverage. First up, CNN:
Putin Authorizes ‘Fast-Tracked’ Russian Citizenship For Occupied Ukrainian Territories
(Zero Hedge) In the biggest indicator thus far in the over three-month long war in Ukraine that Russia intends to likely fully annex territory in the East and South, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree which allows residents of Russian-occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to gain fast-tracked Russian citizenship.
Let’s Talk Game Changers in Ukraine and the Future
(Larry Johnson) Let me give you the bottom line up front–Ukraine’s military units in the Donbass in the area of Lysychansk are now essentially encircled, which means Ukraine is facing the loss of at least 15,000 troops unless they are able to retreat.
MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC Ignore Bombshell Testimony That Clinton Green-Lit 2016 Trump-Russia Allegations
(Randy DeSoto) Multiple major news outlets that heavily covered the allegations that the Trump Organization had back-channel ties with a Russian bank during the 2016 race have ignored testimony in the news programs from Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager that she approved of a scheme to promote the unsubstantiated claim to the media.
Henry Kissinger Tells Ukraine It Should Give Russia Territory To Try To Find a Peace Deal
(Nwo Report) Zelensky insists Putin has ‘no interest in talking’
Russian Strategist Tells TV Pundit Ukraine War Is “Rehearsal” For NATO Conflict
(Tyler Durden) “For us [Russia], the war in Ukraine … is a rehearsal for a possibly larger conflict in the future,” a top Russian political scientist warned on the Russian-state TV talk show “60 Minutes.”
GREAT QUESTION: After Spending Three Years and Millions of Dollars How Did Mueller and Weissmann Not Figure Out Hillary Created the Russia Hoax?
(Joe Hoft) The Conservative Treehouse revisited the question that all of America is asking. If the Mueller Special Counsel spent so much money and time and resources, how did they not determine that Hillary Clinton was behind the Trump – Russia collusion sham?
Hillary Factor: Evidence Now Shows False Russia Collusion Story Began And Ended With Clinton
(John Solomon) Sussmann trial testimony confirms earlier CIA, FBI evidence that Hillary Clinton approved dirtying up Trump with unproven Russia allegations.
Regime Media Refuse To Call Mass Surrender Of Azov Fighters Holed Up In Azovstal Plant A Surrender
(News Editors) Regime media on Monday uniformly tried to spin the mass surrender of hundreds of Azov Battalion fighters and other Ukrainian soldiers holed up in Mariupol’s Azovstal steel factory as anything but a surrender.