then, perhaps, all media will turn to China’s SMO declaration, announced by China’s leader:
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/china-s-president-signs-decree-special-military-operations

Posted by: ERing46Z | Jun 16 2022 13:15 utc | 3

“The Fascist-Zionist-Capitalist Marionette government resistance is weakening, all of Ukraine will be called back into the bosom of Mother Russia within weeks!”
So Russia can pay all their bills and rebuild their ‘country’ for them? While still under sanctions? I don’t think so. Looks like you haven’t being paying much attention to what Moscow has been saying. Or even what NATO has made abundantly clear recently.

Posted by: Sailing by | Jun 16 2022 13:20 utc | 5

Ok so you went to kill the evil Russians because you are on the side of the Good and the Righteous whether on Afghan safari or mucking about in Iraq. Now you are a sorry SOB languishing in a DPR holding tank. What did you expect? Did you really believe those myths of invincibility? Did you swallow whole the fairy tale of Inept Russian Forces?! Well now you know the dangers of believing your own propaganda, or maybe it was designed for your kind in the first place…? No matter, your fate will not be effected either way by these fibs.

Posted by: Chevrus | Jun 16 2022 13:32 utc | 7

I deeply apologize to MoA and mr. Andrei Martyanov for spreading the ‘hear-say’ on possible Russian mobilisation and China goes SMO on Taiwan, soon.
I only thought that it is an interesting but non-confirmed rumour as perceived by rather accurate Military Summary host. I mean host named Dima is Byelorussian, seems that he is well-educated in military matters, probably he also listens to all the Russian/Byelorussian channels, radio and TV that we cannot hear and reach. But I agree with mr. Martyanov, concerning mobilisation, if SMO plan is going well, do not change it.
But with my limited military understanding, current RF troops are not enough to progress on a such vast terrain to hold and secure it. Also if they have more troops and equipment I think they would go quicker in certain if not all areas.
Yes, losses will rise on RF side, but it is what it is. It is just how one wants to do it – cheap, slow and with almost static massive fire-power, or quick, expensive and all-in.
But I am probably wrong on that, as well. And I really hate war. Hope is that Taiwan will just stay put and quiet.
mr. Andrei Martyanov wrote on his blog:
Now per “mobilization” BS being spread by all kinds of fanboys, even if “pro-Russian” resources on the UTube and elsewhere.
1. Being “pro-Russian” absolutely does not equate to being militarily competent, let alone being mobilization specialist–it is the level of decisions made at the highest military-political level, which brings us to the next point…
2. And why exactly should Russia mobilize, when forces involved in SMO achieve their objectives, especially against the background of favorite Ukie (and UK) “tactics” of using civilians as human shield? The “argument” about alleged China landing in Taiwan is altogether risible.
Those “analytical” resources which grow like mushrooms after the rain on all kinds of platforms in 99 cases out of 100 are fanboys and military porn masturbators trying to promote their “operational” fantasies as facts. Including by spreading outlandish rumors and “concepts”.

Posted by: whirlX | Jun 16 2022 14:07 utc | 9

Let them LIE!
American media Lies won’t stop Russia from taking ALL of Ukraine
https://abrahamstein.substack.com/p/american-media-lies-wont-stop-russia

Posted by: Dean Oneil | Jun 16 2022 14:14 utc | 11

So the West is tiring of the game they started, but Russia isn’t. It must play out to the end.
…………………….
@whirlX | Jun 16 2022 14:07 utc | 9
You reported what a source said. We will see what develops over the next couple of weeks. Andrei Martyanov expresses his opinions freely. He is not god, but offers his perspective. Several important Russian sources have started talking about Odessa. Kharkov and Sumy have also been mentioned because of their proximity to the Russian border and maintaining its security. I personally don’t believe Russia has enough forces available in Ukraine to take on these additional tasks – even at the current pace and scale of operations over a period of time, but this also depends on the state of the UAF and it willingness and ability to fight. As for China – they will move when they believe it will be to their advantage, whenever that may be. There could be some advantage to move while the Russian SMO is active. No idea what their actual calculus is.

Posted by: the pessimist | Jun 16 2022 14:36 utc | 13

Greetings from Moscow! I wrote this today.
The “new” war in Ukraine has been a non-stop toy commercial. It’s not enough for corporate news outlets to simply say Russia is losing and Ukraine is winning, every success story has to be tied to a product. Drones, missiles, starlink satellites, and more. It’s like four months of saying it’s good to give cocaine and cigarettes to babies. Sure, the tobacco industry is willing to lie about the supposed benefits of their products, surely the weapons industry wouldn’t do that, right?
https://readingjunkie.com/2022/06/16/the-ukraine-is-a-long-war-and-thats-not-good-for-us/

Posted by: Ian Kummer | Jun 16 2022 14:46 utc | 15

MOSCOW, June 16./TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry has found insufficient the explanations provided by the United States on biological activities in Ukraine, since they do not give answers to a number of important questions, Chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops Igor Kirillov told a briefing on Thursday.
“The ‘explanations’ provided by the US don’t have answers to the questions we posed – why was the work carried out by order of the Pentagon, and its subject matter was not consistent with actual problems of Ukrainian health care? What for did officers from the US military agency participate in biological research in Ukraine, while the work was carried out in secrecy with restricted access of Ukrainian specialists to information and premises?” Kirillov asked.
There are no answers either to the questions why strains of pathogenic microorganisms – potential biological weapons agents, and biomaterials of Ukrainian citizens were exported from Ukraine without clearly declared purposes. Why are the US officials, including Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, so worried that that the results of the US Department of Defense activities in Ukraine and materials in the bio laboratories may get into the hands of Russian specialists?
In addition, the question remained unanswered as to why the US and Ukraine keep quiet about cooperation in the military-biological sphere in international reporting under the Biological Weapons Convention, and why the US has been blocking the development of its verification mechanism since 2001, Kirillov said. The briefing focused on the results of analysis of the documents regarding Washington’s military-biological activity in Ukraine.
It’s hard to know if my 2 posts are just Russian propaganda but regardless of that we already have Nuland on record saying these labs do exist. What troubles me is how many more secret labs do the US have in Europe and around the world and what the hell are they producing in them?

Posted by: Eoin Clancy | Jun 16 2022 14:57 utc | 17

Civilians who have escaped from the Azot plant have revealed that the plant is full of foreign mercenaries, it sounds as though its another Azovstal in the making.
https://ria.ru/20220616/naemniki-1795631436.html

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jun 16 2022 14:57 utc | 19

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Posted by: Don Bacon | Jun 16 2022 15:06 utc | 21

Today is grandstanding day. Macron and co. want to make Ukraine an EU candidate. Ukrainian officials still talking about capturing Crimea. The clown show continues.

Posted by: rockstar | Jun 16 2022 15:15 utc | 23

Donetsk shelling of civilian areas by UAF:
What is more shameful?
A- Western world completely ignoring the fact Ukraine’s Gov’t shells its own (not for long..) cities, with zero military targets or gain to be had. 100% pure butt-hurt terrorism.
B- Russia’s inability to even attempt to address this after 3 MONTHS of war.
This part of the ‘operation’ does not feel particularly ‘special’, considering the optics of using the pretext of LDNR needing ‘protection’, and then doing bugger all about actually protecting the most densely populated area under constant attack.

Posted by: Et Tu | Jun 16 2022 15:23 utc | 25

@ whirlX | Jun 16 2022 14:07 utc | 9
i appreciate your comments and you have done nothing to apologize for.. we all speculate.. speculation isn’t fact and to draw a conclusion off speculation is further removed for any fact.. this is exactly what the bozo @ 24 et tu does while knowing fuck all on the ground… and they aren’t apologizing either… all good whirlX… cheers..

Posted by: james | Jun 16 2022 15:42 utc | 27

Posted by: bevin | Jun 16 2022 15:44 utc | 27
A parliament blocking his trials to get Ukraine into EU may give him a useful excuse. Why Scholz is completely mad eludes me.

Posted by: TomD | Jun 16 2022 15:57 utc | 29

What I don’t get is that the European War leaders, Scholz, Macron and Draghi (I’ve no idea who the 4th,the tall tit pictured to Zelensky’s far left is), who signed off on WMD’s to Ukraine were not targeted with a precision missile strike in Kiev.
If this was 1942 and Hitler, Mussolini and Other Nazi leaders were in Kiev marketing the war they’d be a main target, so why not these Supreme Commanders-In-Chief?
No permissions should be granted for these elite warmongers to fly in and out of a war zone.
I see this as a Russian failure! As per usual it’s only the working class fodder who follow orders who run the gauntlet.

Posted by: WTFUD | Jun 16 2022 16:04 utc | 31

Posted by: WTFUD | Jun 16 2022 16:04 utc | 30
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Why should Russia even worry about those 3+1 stooges? Let them come and talk about things that cannot be “given” and go away. Nothing much happens, except maybe Ukraine won’t be there by autumn…😏
It is a SMO, a police-like operation, not a war.

Posted by: ostro | Jun 16 2022 16:12 utc | 33

Ukraine will capitulate in autumn, the probabilities are high.
Right now, the Ukrainian authorities refuse to negotiate. But by Autumn, Zelensky will no longer be able to resolve the conflict through diplomacy, due to the catastrophic situation of the Ukie army. This will happen soon, as the Ukie army groups in the Donbass will be finally destroyed, physically or taken prisoner.
Most of the “real” leaders of the EU countries would have to finally start thinking of their own citizens, and the coming winter, after a quite heaty, rainless, fertiliser-less summer. Ze, if he is still alive, or not thrown out by his own army chiefs, will be forced to take into account the critical state of the Ukie economy and industry, so would sue for practical negotiations, but most likely Ukraine will simply capitulate.

Posted by: ostro | Jun 16 2022 16:15 utc | 35

From RT on EU leaders visit to Kiev:
“German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated that he’d come to Ukraine with a clear message – that Ukraine belongs in the European family and that Germany will support a positive decision on Ukraine and Moldova’s EU membership accession.”
More troublemaking.
So Germany and France pledge more weapons to encourage the peace process.

Posted by: the pessimist | Jun 16 2022 16:41 utc | 37

Today, Lavrov gave TASS a short interview, the transcript for now is Russian. Here’s the last Q&A which I hope will curtail speculation on this one issue:

Question: You are well aware of such a project as Doomsday Clock. A simple question and at the same time a complex one: how much time is now in Moscow, and how much time is in Washington?
A: You know, I’m not following the project right now. I followed it once. At one point it was seven midnight. I don’t know where this arrow is.
But if we are talking about Moscow, then we are the main initiator of the statements made at the summits of Russia and the United States and which were made on behalf of the leaders of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, that there can be no winners in a nuclear war, so it should never be unleashed. That’s our position. We firmly adhere to it.

Posted by: karlof1 | Jun 16 2022 16:45 utc | 39

Posted by: karlof1 | Jun 16 2022 16:45 utc | 38
Lots of activity today, there is another interview with NTV, and another one with RT, but the main dish has not been served, just announced by Zakharova, interview with the BBC and a journo whose name I do not recall but who deserves some respect, a Brit that speaks Russian¡¡ an Englishman speaking a foreign language, a true rarity, with an appealing accent all be said. Zakharova just extracted one of Lavrov’s sentences, “I don’t care what’s the West view”.
https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/2920

Posted by: Paco | Jun 16 2022 17:05 utc | 41

A small excerpt here but seems the BBC did not have the time to at least subtitle it. Lavrov at its best, he says that Johnson and Truss want to put Russia on her knees, so like Nike, just do it is his answer )))
https://www.bbc.com/news/61829953

Posted by: Paco | Jun 16 2022 17:38 utc | 43

In response to whirlX@18,
The number as I heard it stated today is 330 000 servicemen participating in the operation, not including DLPR, Wagner or volunteer detachments participating under Chechen command. This isn’t the number of troops at the front-lines, but includes reserves that are in constant rotation and support units outside of active combat roles, which is the largest group of the three. Thus the number of units in combat formations at any given time is presumably somewhere around a third of that number and in flux, above and below 100k on any given day.
I don’t think you have anything to apologize for, particularly since mobilization isn’t entirely unthinkable in the event that the conflict escalates beyond Ukraine, but I also understand Martyanov’s reaction to such rumors since they make very little sense.
Mobilization implies, in the best case, taking civilians with combat experience into active military service to bolster one’s standing forces. This can be done by incentivizing voluntary service or, if the situation deteriorates, forcefully drafting the necessary manpower.
If things take a particularly bad turn, the military starts scraping the barrel in terms of draftees, overlooking lack of combat experience, physical and mental deficiencies, and starts grabbing anyone they can get their hands on. We’ve been getting reports of this happening in Ukraine for quite some time and, to some extent, even before the war.
Meanwhile in Russia, there’s still a long queue of volunteers, with combat experience, who’re waiting for their turn to either be accepted into volunteer battalion PMC’s under Kadyrov or through the Wagner group. The Russian military, at this point in time, is only handing out contract work to handfuls of individuals. Chechens hand out 2 month contracts less sparingly, but even they are full up at the moment. Wagner is a decentralized structure, so they can more fluidly redirect individuals to smaller PMC’s and subgroups who want to expand operations or plug gaps left by casualties or resignations, but their contracts vary.
In short, there’s a backlog of combat capable civilians looking for contract work who are slowly being absorbed by structures parallel to that of the Russian military. Crucially, these structures are responsible for their own equipment and support and are not financed out of the military budget of RF. If Russia needed to bolster its manpower in the SMO, it would open the flood-gates on official military contracts or facilitate the expansion of these parallel structures.
Mobilization is reserved for when there is an existential threat to Russia, at least to the point where it’s worth tanking the civilian economy, and it will likely be coupled with economic mobilization. I wanted to reply to you yesterday, saying that if Putin indeed announces mobilization in accordance with the rumor, it means the war is expanding into Europe proper, which I think is how many foreign governments and the global markets would also react.

Posted by: Skiffer | Jun 16 2022 17:43 utc | 45

Some headlines today, Miller -Gazprom boss- says that NS2 is ready to pump it, Draghi says that the technical reasons for the diminution of gas flows thru NS1 are suspicious -no kidding- and the one that breaks them all, Caca-Cola is leaving Russia, what could be better for their health, even though some house wife might complain how is she going to unclog the garburator.

Posted by: Paco | Jun 16 2022 17:56 utc | 47

Here it is, Lavrov BBC.
https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1818228/

Posted by: Paco | Jun 16 2022 18:09 utc | 49

@Posted by: Paco | Jun 16 2022 17:43 utc | 43
“The anglos so concerned about their mercenaries, with all types of legal arguments. How quickly we forget Guantanamo, the orange suits, illegal combatants and days on end with Metallica playing on thousands of watts equipment for the delight of the “illegal combatants”. I don’t know what’s worse, the hypocrisy or the amnesia.”
So true, together with forgetting about all those Western-murdered Muslims whilst they wail about the non-existent Uighur “genocide”, with not one Muslim nation complaining about such as “genocide”. If there really are mercenaries as 20-25% of the 2500 trapped in the Azot plant in Severodonetsk it will be a massive wake up call as hundreds and hundreds of Western citizens (the vast majority of which have probably murdered many civilians and people fighting for their freedom in other nations) are sentenced to death. They picked the wrong opponent to take on, Russia is not one of those devastated developing countries that cannot fight back.

Posted by: Roger | Jun 16 2022 18:26 utc | 51

https://youtu.be/-D7XPU6sAo8
Kherson today 16.06.2022
60 rubles = 1 USD, when you calculate the prices in the video. For example, potatoes, 10 rubles/kg (0.16 USD), tomatoes 5 rouble/kg (0.08 USD).

Posted by: ostro | Jun 16 2022 18:28 utc | 53

Lets take a moment to share views to why the power structures of post Ukraine conflict could stay in service of the people. I mean, its the people of Ukraine and Russia who are paying dearly for this chance.
Posted by: Tigger | Jun 16 2022 18:00 utc | 47
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Find and read Biden’s letter to seven US refiners, then you’d understand. Even, he did…Vladimir Putin’s Price Hike…in the US. Yesterday the MSM was full of it.

Posted by: ostro | Jun 16 2022 18:34 utc | 55

@Tigger | Jun 16 2022 18:00 utc | 47
“Why do you believe any of this would be better than any time before?”
We need to try, and it is in our nature to do so.
Despite our human follies and foibles we are capable of remarkable things [and of course despicable ones as well] – on both personal and societal scales. We can conceive of more equitable arrangements than the current unipolar one that is exploitative and relies on violence and blackmail, so we should work to achieve that. Will there still be the inspiration for great tragic and comic art in a hundred years or three? Most likely, assuming our species survives.
We are capable, collectively, of taking care of the basic needs of the human population while not doing excessive violence to our habitat. We have the means and the knowledge available. Perhaps out perpetual falling short is not a bug, but a feature in that a ‘utopia’ would kill us more effectively than hardship, struggle, and sacrifice.

Posted by: the pessimist | Jun 16 2022 18:38 utc | 57

pessimist (21)
Yes, I’m still wondering if the US General Coultier was captured or killed, also a Canadian General (retired) was also captured we saw him in a picture on Telegram, what has become of him also, and apart from the killed and captured foreign mercenaries, such as the two Brits and the Moroccan, we know very little of how many foreign mercenaries especially from the West have been captured.
It will be interesting to see what foreign mercenaries from Nato countries are captured at the Azot plant in the coming weeks.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jun 16 2022 18:39 utc | 59

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Posted by: Scotch Bingeington | Jun 16 2022 18:57 utc | 61

… I suspect even were the RF to hold high value prisoners they would not broadcast this fact while continuing to obtain information from them and at the same time creating uncertainty in the minds of NATO commands.
Posted by: Sushi | Jun 16 2022 17:26 utc | 51
It does seem more consistent with RF’s cautious and conservative approach that they would try to get the most from high value captives, especially if they could be traded for meaningful concessions.
As to these debunks of the capture of Roger Cloutier, Trevor Cadieu, Eric Olson, if these anything more than undated photos or press releases that could be from anyone? Suspiciously feeble given the substance of the claims.
Even if all of those guys turn up over the next few months, that’s still enough time to hose of the bunker-stink and catch some rays =)

Posted by: anon2020 | Jun 16 2022 19:09 utc | 63

. . from CNN
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday that the United States has purposefully “refrained from laying out what we see as an end game” for the war in Ukraine and will “not be pressuring [Ukraine] to make territorial concessions” to Russia, but noted that the US has been in talks with Ukraine about what a settlement could look like. . .here
The US “refrained from laying out what we see as an end game” but “the US has been in talks with Ukraine about what a settlement could look like.”
Thanks, Jake, you’re worth every penny.
. . .from the web: Jake Sullivan reportedly earns a yearly salary of $524,300.

Posted by: Don Bacon | Jun 16 2022 19:10 utc | 65

@ Skiffer | Jun 16 2022 17:43 utc | 44
Thank you. That was a super smart and one very informative in-depth explanation.
It is lot clearer now.
However, it is also possible that such misunderstandings come out of lack of words for non-native English speakers, such as this Military Summery guy is.
I think he wanted to say that RF might need to bring in 200.000 more troops if RF wants to end this operation faster.
Not to really mobilise the entire country.
Anyway, such rumours were denied by spokesperson Peskov himself today.
Only if conflict spreads, and it really might, I can think of many reasons for Russia to rapidly but gradually mobilise.
But let us first hear what Putin will tell us tomorrow from Sankt Petersburg.

Posted by: whirlX | Jun 16 2022 19:15 utc | 67

Kartoschka @51
Thank you for starting your response with character assassination. Is that not what they do in the “west” when they want to silence someone? Is that not exactly the “western mindset”?
Would you instead care to elaborate where you draw what you call as “Our projection”? My call to assess the situation would include ideas and views that are needed to achieve something like “projection”. Perhaps you have analysed facts and reasoning to reach your projection and care to share those, instead of just slapping labels on your fellow bar flys?

Posted by: Tigger | Jun 16 2022 19:31 utc | 69

RE: Death to mercenaries
I think it better to keep them alive for future trades.
And also to make it more attractive for others to surrender.
Those in Severodonesk might as well fight to the death as surrender means death, right?

Posted by: Steve | Jun 16 2022 19:40 utc | 71

Why do you believe any of this would be better than any time before?
Posted by: Tigger | Jun 16 2022 18:00 utc | 47
The early 1990s’ euphoria related to the demise of communism and “independence” in Ukraine (and some other new countries, e.g. Croatia) brought back into the country all nazi emigres and their descendants. This time the traffic reverses, the old and new nazis will be on their way out.

Posted by: Pagan | Jun 16 2022 19:51 utc | 73

All the DOD biolabs are under the supervision of the Army Institute of Research, whose headquarters are in the Forest Glen Annex, Fort Detrick, in Silver Spring MD right outside D.C., in the Daniel K. Inouye Building, which is less than a mile from where I live. The biolab program is described at length in Kees van der Pijl’s book “States of Exception”.

Posted by: Lysias | Jun 16 2022 19:52 utc | 75

@ Posted by: MarkU | Jun 16 2022 17:21 utc | 41
Yes, a question asked so often, yet 3 months in still left unanswered from the only authority that can answer it: Russia.
So, if we’re gonna be honest with each other, “asked and answered”?
Sorry, maybe some of the answers aren’t good enough for some.
What is the ‘answer’?
Too tough to deploy the world’s alleged greatest fighting machine devoted to valour and bravery?
Not ‘special’ enough for an actual operation where it’s needed?
Even at the most cynical, PR level, the fact that Donetsk is being shelled 3 months into a war that focuses on Coal Mines, Wheat fields, Ports and Nuclear plants over people sounds like a bs operation, we all understand what ‘special’ is code for now: $$$

Posted by: Et Tu | Jun 16 2022 20:00 utc | 77

Article on Russian Logistics from Naked Capitalism – https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/06/railroads-logistics-and-war-us-versus-russian-style.html
US has completely different logistic systems because they do warfare differently – Sea focus vs overland focus of the Russians. Us experts find Russian way difficult to understand because of chauvinism.
Quote – “I find it hard to see how the US can be preening about Western logistics when we spent eight years funding and training Ukraine to NATO standards and they can’t adequately supply Ukraine. Now admittedly there are lots of reasons in addition to logistics, like Russia has done a good job of blowing up weapons deliveries, a lot of the weapons were old and didn’t operate well”

Posted by: Aslangeo | Jun 16 2022 20:06 utc | 79

Posted by: Et Tu | Jun 16 2022 20:00 utc | 76
What is your point? Russia invaded with a fighting force ratio of something like 1:3. The Ukies and NATO/FUKUS had strongly fortified their positions in and around the areas in question which is one of the main reasons for the invasion.
Who are you to question – without any semblance of an idea on civilian casualties – whether the operation is advancing according to pretty much planned objectives?
As you’ve been told over and over, many civilians in the Donbass region had already fled starting in 2014/2015 and who’s left are predominantly those fighting the Ukrainians.
You never come to play with facts, links or solid logical reasoning. Why is that? You have truly morphed into a useless concern troll if you weren’t one already.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 16 2022 20:24 utc | 81

Yes, I’m still wondering if the US General Coultier was captured or killed, also a Canadian General (retired) was also captured we saw him in a picture on Telegram, what has become of him also, and apart from the killed and captured foreign mercenaries, such as the two Brits and the Moroccan, we know very little of how many foreign mercenaries especially from the West have been captured.
It will be interesting to see what foreign mercenaries from Nato countries are captured at the Azot plant in the coming weeks.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jun 16 2022 18:39 utc | 58

I have not seen any reports of Canadians killed or captured in Ukraine. Cadieu said he is coming home to co-operate with the investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct, almost 30 years ago.

Cadieu could not be immediately reached for comment on Wednesday, but a CBC report quoted him as saying in a statement: “I have just been advised that I have been charged by the CFNIS.
“I am making arrangements to return to Canada from Ukraine, and I will continue to co-operate with this process, as I have from the start.”
“>https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/senior-military-officer-who-retired-went-to-ukraine-now-charged-with-sexual-assault-1.5948424

Posted by: Opport Knocks | Jun 16 2022 20:28 utc | 83

Posted by: Opport Knocks | Jun 16 2022 20:28 utc | 82
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Actually, no. I don’t care, whether any of the mercenaries gets caught or gets killed. Or, get death sentences, once get caught by the DPR or LNR Militias. They went there to kill. They are/were paid killers.

Posted by: ostro | Jun 16 2022 20:36 utc | 85

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Posted by: ptb | Jun 16 2022 20:43 utc | 87

In response to whirlX@66,
You may be right in suggesting that it’s a semantic issue. Mobilization of 200.000 for immediate combat duty in itself sounds like nonsense, when you have 1 million in active service, 2 million in reserves and more civilian volunteers than you know what to do with. There was also talk of permitting foreign volunteers, Iran, Syria, Ossetia, but I don’t know what came of it — I heard it was delegated to Chechnya to organize, and that they turned down the idea. But that may have been to provide official cover.
Anyway, apart from that, it wouldn’t make much sense for Putin to announce additional troop figures. I hope that together with ptb@53 and other commentators we’ve managed to convey an image of the tools at the disposal of Russian MOD which approximately reflect reality.
In this reality, the process of regulating the force composition in Ukraine happens dynamically and is under continuous review and doesn’t rely on decrees or pronouncements from the head of state. If Russia needs an additional 200.000 servicemen to accomplish its objectives in Ukraine tomorrow, all the conditions are there for it to have happened gradually over a period of months and weeks — which makes the figure itself an anomaly that smells of incompetence.
Subsequently, a sudden deficit of 200.000 men would be worrying news indeed, for obvious reasons — suppression of excessive casualties and incompetence by the general staff, and any such public pronouncement would come like thunder in a blue sky, and likely be followed by forced resignations and civil unrest.
A formal expansion of goals could, objectively, necessitate an increase in participating manpower — but what that entails in practice is up to military high command and revealed at their discretion only. Putin doesn’t exactly have the reputation of someone impatient, who likes to hurry things along, nor someone who likes to throw bodies at a problem or make unnecessary sacrifices, so I think any expansion of goals, if it is announced, will follow the established pattern of appearing to occur naturally.
When looking at it from that point of view, it makes sense that people who are well informed on the situation, or see themselves as such, might even take offense at such rumors, since they inherently imply certain grave deficiencies within Russian military and political command and are compatible with particular Western war-propaganda narratives. We’ll see what Putin has to say tomorrow, but my bet is it’ll be fairly uneventful like the much hyped Victory day address.

Posted by: Skiffer | Jun 16 2022 20:47 utc | 89

For those who question reason for hope should Russia and China succeed in righting some part of what is wrong with the world (a daunting task to be sure) let us not expect too much of their leadership, but only hope that when they do succeed in this limited operation they will do so in such a way that it will inspire others who might be concerned about the future of their immediate families and their prospects (if not for themselves), to make the modicum of effort that humans have the ability to make as a community in behalf of those who will follow after. Many of us feel helpless; it is up to those who can and know how to lead to do so. That is what Putin and Xi have done. What we can do is follow and support our own true leaders as best we can. And I do believe the support is there, waiting. As it was when we thought Obama was the one — even more since frustrated then — there is huge potential crying to be put to use.
I would submit that reason for hope that the Russians and Chinese will be successful lies with how they have performed to date: with concern for their own and other nations’ citizens; from a knowledge of what they themselves have struggled with over time; and giving the example of leadership with respect to the education of their young people. It’s generational to them, from care for the elderly down to those born today. These elements we have discussed and should know by now. This blog has given thought to this over its existence. If you still doubt, go back and read.
I for one admire what those leaders have achieved so far, remembering where they were at the beginning of this century. I am sure they remember it even more deeply and will strive to never be in that condition again. And that is all one can ask.

Posted by: juliania | Jun 16 2022 20:52 utc | 91

!-!-!-!-!
USA citizen Linda Oporto Al Kharun was named as organizer of biological experiments on uninformed or mentally handicapped people ni Ukraine, by Ru MoD
Rus: https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12425495@egNews
Rus: https://aftershock.news/?q=node/1121100
Eng: https://oopstop.com/in-ukraine-at-least-since-2011-experiments-have-been-conducted-in-psychiatric-clinics-in-kharkov/
Maybe the same person or maybe just a random person unlucky to have the same name (whoever Google seems to not know any other person sharing the name)
https://www.peekyou.com/_alharoun

Posted by: Arioch | Jun 16 2022 20:55 utc | 93

Posted by: Tigger | Jun 16 2022 20:51 utc | 89
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Dmitry Medvedev is just 56, so the future for Russia will be in good hands later. There are few other people too, but there won’t any 90s style infighting. Whatever problems Yeltsin had, he saved Russia in a way by becoming the president of RF — not letting Gorbaczow to ruin the country, and then passing the power to Putin. Yeltsin had the ability to recognise the future leader.

Posted by: ostro | Jun 16 2022 21:02 utc | 95

From Pepe Escobar’s Telegram channel… A comment from Medvedev…

“I saw a message that Ukraine wants to receive LNG from its overseas owners under Lend-Lease with payment for delivery in 2 years. Otherwise, next winter it will simply freeze.
Just a question. And who said that in two years Ukraine will even exist on the world map? Although the Americans don’t care anymore – they have invested so much in the “anti-Russia” project that everything else is a trifle for them …” – Dmitry Medvedev

Also from Pepe’s Telegram channel…

ST. PETERSBURG UPDATE
Key facts rollin’ out of the forum – officially and after discussions:
– Dollars and euros will continue to circulate in Russia.
– There will be NO return to a Soviet economy.
– Import substitution will be only partial.
– The ruble under 60 per dollar is not a good thing for the Russian economy. The government will intervene.
– Changes on the global economy are irreversible. There’s no going back.
– A significant part of the Russian economy will be reoriented to the internal market.
– Because NATOstan will continue to weaponize Kiev, the Donetsk People’s Republic’s troops will NOT stop at the border.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Jun 16 2022 21:04 utc | 97

#14
Apparently a few sons of good families have lost their way.
The ad should say: You may be required to to fight zombies with tattoos.

Posted by: Marjorie | Jun 16 2022 21:05 utc | 99