Given the predictable Western negation of the referendum to join Russia, and following having done many interviews with people during the referendum, yesterday I did some follow up interviews with Donetsk residents, asking their opinions on joining Russia…
‘F-ck off’: Ukraine President and Ambassador Lash Out At Elon Musk After He Proposes Peace Plan for Ukraine and Russia…
Ukrainian leadership lashed out at Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Twitter Monday, after the billionaire proposed a path to peace between Ukraine and Russia that included suggestions to “redo” last week’s contested elections in the annexed regions, and make Crimea formally part of Russia…
Putin’s Speech Analysis: Bioweapons and Human Experimentation in Ukraine…
For those who have not read Putin’s transcript from his speech today, September 30th, 2022; I highly recommend you do so. You simply cannot trust any media outlet to give you an accurate or sufficient summary. You must read it for yourself, in its entirety. Link is here…
Putin’s Speech: Russia Accepts New Regions and Once Again Invites Kiev to Peace Talks…
Moscow, as the Russian leader stressed, will defend its new territories “with all available forces and means”…
Ukraine – Through Legitimately Held Referendums the People of Four Oblasts Overwhelmingly Voted to Officially Join Russia. Russia Accepted Their Vote…
For eight long years the people in the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics defended their borders against constant Ukrainian attempts to solve the conflict by violence. While the people in those republics had voted for the independence of their republics, and to become a part of Russia, the Kremlin did not want to accept that. It wanted that those republics stay within Ukraine and insisted on the implementation of the Minsk agreements…
Historic Context of the Referenda Happening in Ukraine…
Russian proxy officials in four regions — Donetsk and Luhansk in the east, and Kherson and Zaporizka in the south — earlier this week announced plans to hold referendums over four days beginning on Friday. Russia controls nearly all of two of the four regions, Luhansk and Kherson, but only a fraction of the other two, Zaporizka and Donetsk…
Ukraine War Day #211: Russia Mobilizes (Partially)…
Today I have this short piece by reporter Dmitry Zubarev. As we have heard, Russia is doing a “partial mobilization” of her army, which will be needed to (a) finish the job, and (b) defend her new borders against NATO incursion…
Text of Putin Speech Announcing Partial Mobilization…
Below is the Russian transcript of Putin’s morning speech announcing a partial mobilization of Russia starting September 21. There is apparently not an official English translation up yet, and in any event, the Kremlin site is blocked in the US (which it hasn’t been since early in the Special Military Operation) and even to friendly VPN users in some countries in Asia. So we are also posting a machine translation and will replace it with an official English translation when one becomes available. Update 6:30 AM EDT: official translation now posted below…
Game Changer in Ukraine-Referenda…
GAME CHANGER IN UKRAINE–REFERENDA
20 September 2022 by Larry Johnson 44 Comments
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Now we are getting some insight into Russia’s activities over the last three weeks. It now appears that the withdrawal/retreat from Kharkov was part of a broader plan that is going to culminate in the referenda by the oblasts of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson starting this Friday…