Outraged, thanks for that summary – very informative. The reply of @2 is worthless. I love your posts, they are to the point, highly informative and worth the read. Keep up the good work!!

Posted by: Jo Dominich | Apr 2 2023 14:12 utc | 4

Ze is a religious war, only at the very beginning.
Behind the provocation in Khmelnytsky is the Office of the President, who deliberately sent a provocateur to shoot a beautiful picture for the media and discredit the UOC. There was some gossip about this a couple of days ago.
The goal is to incite hatred for the UOC among the masses. This is a controlled provocation, the bots were immediately ready to stir up aggression against the churchmen in the comments.
This is just the beginning of the religious war. As early as January 2, we insided that it was decided to organize a religious war on Bankovaya in 2023. The rumors turned out to be true.
Ukraine is waiting for even more blood, grief and suffering.

https://t.me/legitimniy/15076

Posted by: Down South | Apr 2 2023 14:30 utc | 6

Parents in Avdiivka (under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) hide their babies from the Kyiv regime
Children of Avdiivka are being hidden from forced evacuation to Ukraine. Vitaly Barabash, the head of the city military administration, complained about this. The official is indignant – the residents do not give their children to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and refuse to evacuate deep into Ukraine themselves.
“This is some kind of quest to find children. There were five children, and then three more were found. They hide them so that they are not taken out,” says Barabash.
Kyiv decided to take away children from those parents who live near the front line and are waiting for the Russian fighters to release them. Forced evacuation of minors is an attempt to force adults to follow them. Or in any way to punish those who want to reunite with Russia.
In the city of Slavyansk, which is also temporarily occupied by the Kyiv regime, the authorities generally began to threaten parents and guardians with deprivation of their rights in case of refusal to evacuate.
“Guardians who refuse to leave the Donetsk region will be deprived of their duties, and children will be forcibly evacuated. The guardians and trustees were once again reminded of this during a meeting of the commission on the protection of the rights of the child in Slovyansk,” the administration’s telegram channel says.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/40094

Posted by: Down South | Apr 2 2023 14:32 utc | 8

Posted by: Down South | Apr 2 2023 14:30 utc | 7

‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️“They beat up the military APU!” – A violent militant tried to disrupt the service in the temple in Khmelnitsky, but the parishioners quickly neutralized him
In Ukrainian Nazi groups, they play a clip with a cut off beginning, stating that “Moscow priests beat up a VSUshnik.” What actually happened?
The Nazi began to quarrel during the service, he was asked to calm down and leave without disturbing the peace of the holy place, but he continued his hysteria. After that, the parishioners and altar servers (ordinary people helping in the temple) twisted the violent schizoid and took him out of the temple.
The video clearly shows that no one beat this degenerate, and the priests did not touch him at all, as all KhokloSMI lie to their stupid readers.
❗️The police detained a brawler under Article 173 (petty hooliganism). He was shell-shocked in the war, his brain was damaged in the explosion.

https://t.me/DonbassDevushka/52031

The Banderists, who were about to seize the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, demand to burn it, and to put Metropolitan Pavel on his knees and kill him:
“Why can’t they leave here? Yes, because all the active boys are fighting now, you understand, and there is no one to come here and burn this almshouse. That’s all – the only reason why.”
01:32 – “He [the Metropolitan] had to be twisted like a ram, kneeled in the forest, shot in the head and put this video on all Russian media. There should be no talk. No house arrests, no law.
We are not Christians, we are pagans. We are ancient pagans.”

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/40086

Posted by: Down South | Apr 2 2023 14:37 utc | 10

Scott Ritter just stated that he gives Nuclear War with a complete destruction of life on earth a 70% chance.

Posted by: Turk 152 | Apr 2 2023 14:47 utc | 12

Scott Ritter just stated that he gives Nuclear War with a complete destruction of life on earth a 70% chance.
Posted by: Turk 152 | Apr 2 2023 14:47 utc | 14

There won’t be complete destruction of life, even humans will likely survive in the southern hemisphere at the very least, but yes, right now, under current policies, nuclear war is where things are headed.
As I outlined in the previous thread, Russia’s choices, if completely surrounded, are:
1) Surrender to nuclear blackmail, and become a vassal of the West. Likely that features balkanization and denuclearization too — the intent has been clearly stated on multiple occasions over the last year (and previously too, though more subtly back then)
2) Have the Perimetr dead hand system on full automatic 24/7 because there will be no time for manual response if missiles are positioned right at the border. That essentially guarantees a full launch eventually even if it is by mistake — on many occasions in the past that was avoided because there was enough time for reaction and evaluation of the situation in cases of false alarms. Well, there will be no such time from now on.
3) Preemptive first strike.
So if you start with a uniform prior, that gives a 65-70% chance of a full-scale nuclear war.
Now imagine what kind of dangerous lunatics are running the West if their plan is to force Russia into facing that choice and betting that Russian elites will inevitably choose option 1)…

Posted by: shadowbanned | Apr 2 2023 15:04 utc | 14

@ Down South | Apr 2 2023 14:32 utc | 9
Didn’t Putin just get indicted by the ICC for a much more defensible practice?
Oh, wait, the ICC is a “rules-based” institution now, my bad.

Posted by: John Kennard | Apr 2 2023 15:21 utc | 16

Re: Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Apr 2 2023 13:36 utc | 2
Aren’t you aware?
If the Russians evacuate Melitopol and Mariupol that is a strategic masterstroke to draw the AFU into a deadly cauldron.
This is clearly what you’re missing in your analysis.
Haven’t you read Andrei’s latest insight yet?!?
Posted by: Julian | Apr 2 2023 14:18 utc | 6
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How is the AFU going to accomplish this, given that there is no vulnerable bridgehead nor lightly-held swath of territory to advance towards?
There’s a limit to how much meat Ukraine can throw into the front-line. And there’s really no way they can win the war short of Russia simply giving up.

Posted by: Urban Fox | Apr 2 2023 15:27 utc | 18

Posted by: Urban Fox | Apr 2 2023 15:27 utc | 21
Because the analysis is based on a template and precedence, not an understanding of the correlation of forces, or any elements of a METT-T model.

Posted by: Milites | Apr 2 2023 15:36 utc | 20

Posted by: Chris | Apr 2 2023 15:21 utc | 20
I just posted about this on the tail end of the last open thread, so will repost it here.

Weeb reports of recent advances by Wagner in Bakhmut, taking advantage of the change in weather with surprise night attacks, gaining some territory. Apparently a very large snowfall in the area recently, and now it’s going to melt, with rain predicted in the next days. Likely that no large scale advances will be attempted by either side for at least a week, maybe two in that area. The mud has less effect in urban settings, and according to Weeb, Wagner pulled personnel from the two flanks around Bakhmut into the city proper, while regular Russian army replaced the withdrawn Wagnerians. So fighting intensifies in the city, while any Ukie attempt to mass forces and attempt to ‘unblock’ Bakhmut is stalled by mud.
While the front line south of Bakhmut, around Ivonivke has been mostly static for some time, with Ukraine likely sending in forces from Chasiv Yar to shore up their lines there, the large fist north of Bakhmut is a different story. It expanded rapidly in the last few weeks to the southwest, after taking Yahidne, then widened significantly, but the line has stalled recently. This may be to shore up lines before advancing further, as any Ukie counter-offensive would likely focus on this area. Weeb has pointed out that the best situation for the Russians would have been to advance this fist all the way to the canal, taking Bodhanivka and some other towns in the process, giving them a more defensible position, but it looks like that won’t happen soon. At any rate, if Russia can solidify its position in the area it should be able to withstand any Ukie attempts to retake it, and the weather actually works in Russia’s favor, giving them time while Wagner clears out more of Bakhmut.
That’s my assessment anyway, and apologies for the spellings of these towns, I just take my best guess.

Posted by: Mike R | Apr 2 2023 15:38 utc | 22

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Apr 2 2023 15:36 utc | 24
I think the increasingly hysterical and incoherent Western responses to the SMO somewhat undercut your first assertion.

Posted by: Milites | Apr 2 2023 15:50 utc | 24

Blinken is upset because Gershkovich was caught red handed spying (collecting restricted data) as was another American Paul Whelan.
https://ria.ru/20230402/gershkovich-1862490302.html

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 2 2023 16:02 utc | 26

According to the case of the UOC, everything happens according to the training manual. First, there is a controlled provocation, where the masses are shown only what they need, and not the whole situation. And then radicals are rounded up impudently and a case of intimidation begins.
The religious war in Ukraine is in its infancy. There will be more to come. We painted this case in January. There was already information that churchmen were threatened with bombings, murders, arrests, and so on. We were among the first to insider that Zelensky would destroy the UOC by any means.
The question is when the conditional “Jewish pogroms” will begin, as during the Great Patriotic War. It has long been clear that Zelensky’s task is not the prosperity and unity of Ukraine (he could have fulfilled the Minsk agreements and there would have been no war, and the country would have taken a different path), but on the contrary, he is making a large-scale multi-level tragedy in history that “sponsors” can use in the future.
More and more evidence appears that Ukraine is waiting for the Yugoslav scenario, and everything has long been in the subject and in share, only the people are not told this.

https://t.me/legitimniy/15077

Posted by: Down South | Apr 2 2023 16:04 utc | 28

“On March 31, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the country’s updated Foreign Policy Concept, which says that Moscow can use its armed forces to prevent and repel attacks on Russia and its allies.”
The above could be a game changer countries that want ally with Russia but are afraid of what Nato might do to them could be reassured that Russia will intervene on their behalf if they are attacked, the likes of Saudi Arabia could benefit from this, and the axis of influence in the Middle East could greatly change from American to Russian, and possibly Chinese.
https://tass.com/politics/1597993

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 2 2023 16:11 utc | 30

For those that are suffering from the delusion, or are paid to spout shit about Ukraine winning the war.
“There is a very little chance that the Ukranian forces will succeed in the military objectives they have set for themselves, a top US general has stated.
Ukraine’s stated military objective, which is to push all the Russian troops out of Ukraine, is not likely to be achieved this year, General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview on Friday.”
Milley’s comments came after Kiev announced that it is preparing for a major spring offensive against Russian troops; however, it does not have enough weapons to carry it out.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/01/700803/US-General-Milley-Ukraine-Kiev-Forces-Weapons-Munitions-Money

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 2 2023 16:19 utc | 32

The absurdity of the ICC, and its ludicrous arrest warrant for Putin is only compounded by the knowledge that Russia has taken over the presidency of the UN Security Council. The ICC has no real credibility if it did Bush and Blair would be in prison by now.
“Russia has assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council in April, despite Ukraine calling on member states to block the move.
Presidency of the Security Council rotates alphabetically among its 15 member nations and Russia assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council on Saturday for a month.
The powerful body is controlled by its five permanent veto members, namely, the United States, China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom — collectively known as the P5.”
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/01/700788/Russia-UN-Security-Council-Presidency

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 2 2023 16:25 utc | 34

I should have mentioned that the criteria for launch in the Perimetr system also includes the requirement that the complete loss of communication with the NCA must occur during the specified time that the attack is expected to occur. In other words, this is not an open-ended authorization, it has to meet specific time parameters.
The theory is that by providing this system, the Russian NCA is less likely to order a “retaliatory strike” that turns out be based on a false warning of attack, making the “retaliatory strike” a “first-strike”. But the existence of Perimetr also creates the possibility of the accidental or deliberate (unauthorized) launch of the Emergency Communication Rockets, which would launch all of Russia’s nuclear forces.

Posted by: Steven Starr | Apr 2 2023 16:30 utc | 36

$31.7 billion dollars thrown away in Ukraine, if I were an American taxpayer I’d be furious with Biden and his administration, I’ve read that US infrastructure bridges, roads etc aren’t in great shape, this money could’ve been invested in that instead of being thrown away in a far off land to appease the US industrial military complex.
The same can be said for those European nations that have squandered millions or billions supplying Neo-Nazi leaning corrupt regime of Ukraine, the money should’ve been spent on your people and infrastructure
“The US will announce a new $2.6 billion military aid package as soon as Monday for Ukraine, which could include tank munitions, air surveillance radars, anti-tank rockets and fuel trucks, reports say.
The final list of the latest batch of the military aid is yet to be finalized over the weekend, Reuters cited three US officials as saying. The dollar amount of the package or the specifics of the equipment could also see changes.
The list is being jotted down for the inclusion of precision aerial munitions, which Ukraine would use to assault Russian positions, recovery vehicles to help disabled heavy equipment like tanks and additional rounds for NASAMS air defenses that the US and allies have given to Kiev.
If broken down, the upcoming package comprises a whopping $2.1 billion in weapons aid provided by the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funding, which enables the Joe Biden administration to purchase the arms directly from the industry rather than from the US weapons inventory.
The remainder $500 million is expected to come from Presidential Drawdown Authority funds, which permits the president to withdraw from current US stocks in an emergency.
So far, the Biden administration has committed more than $31.7 billion in “security” assistance since the start of the 2022 conflict.
According to TASS calculations in January, Ukraine has received Western military aid of around $48.5 billion since the start of the war, which is practically equal to Russia’s 2022 defense budget.
The overall aid, received by the Kiev government from Western countries and international organizations since the start of the war, is estimated at more than $150.8 billion in Ukraine, the report said. ”
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/01/700767/US-to-announce-next-military-aid-package-for-Ukraine-amounting–2-6-billion-

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 2 2023 16:38 utc | 38

The moment of explosion caught on camera

Posted by: hopehely | Apr 2 2023 16:47 utc | 40

@ Shadowbanned
Your other “options” post from yesterday made more sense. This “option” of today is flawed.
1) Russia will never be “totally” surrounded.
2) Russian “Elites” have been pushed over for over-the-top, diehard, ashes-to-ashes, will-take-you-with-us, “comrades”.
3) The Russian “Elites” have had their money, assets & clout taken. There’s nothing left in Russia except hard core, “get off my porch,” Russians.
4) No, humanity is not “doomed” by a nuclear war. There will be survivors.
I did like your analysis . You also read PRC article regarding the Kremlins perceptions. Russia may be defeated, I get that, but I think that it would end up a MAD sort of scenario, and the benefactors would end up being China, India & Turkey… but yes, the world would go on.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 2 2023 16:59 utc | 42

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 2 2023 16:55 utc | 42

This terrorist attack, plus the attacks on believers and Orthodox priests, are aimed at provoking a scalation on the Russian side so as to accelerate their planned timing for when the terrain dries and hardens….

So you saying these are all false flags planted by Russians?
What a nonsense.
Attacks on churches and arrests of priests are by direct order of Kiev regime and carried by Ukrainian police and security services. And who’s that girl who gave Vladlen a stuffed figurine RTBD.

Posted by: hopehely | Apr 2 2023 17:12 utc | 44

@Down South | Apr 2 2023 16:08 utc | 29

❗️ Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg. Original msg
⚡️ An improvised explosive device that went off in a St. Petersburg cafe was carried there by a girl. This is reported by several media at once.
She hid the IED in a figurine, which she presented to military commander Vladlen Tatarsky, who died as a result of the terrorist attack.

I do not think “Vladlen Tatarsky” was a military commander, more like a war correspondent. This was his Telegram channel.

https://web.telegram.org/k/#@vladlentatarsky

Many Russian Telegram channels are now showing this video:

❗️❗️ The moment when Vladlen Tatarsky is presented with a figurine, which, presumably, was stuffed with explosives, is published by REN-TV, a few minutes later an explosion thundered. ⭐️
https://t.me/avdeevkaru/20753

Posted by: Petri Krohn | Apr 2 2023 17:21 utc | 46

The United States is trying really hard to provoke the Russians into making a bad move.

Posted by: Passerby | Apr 2 2023 17:23 utc | 48

@Posted by: hopehely | Apr 2 2023 17:12 utc | 45
I am saying nothing of the sort, troll, I am saying this is an intent by the NATO side on provoking a rupture of Russian pre-planned timeline and make them attack before the soil hardens…..

Posted by: Ghost of Mozgovoy | Apr 2 2023 17:25 utc | 50

Posted by: Dave Oneil | Apr 2 2023 14:32 utc | 7
thanks.
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yep, Orban, nuclear war is just gonna sorta kinda happen…nothing you personally and your government can do to decelerate. Finland?
it was actually quite disheartening some months ago to see how many of the bright commenters at this site were taken in by that fascist Hungarian Donald Trump. he’s always been nothing but a real piece of human shit. like all nationalism, his nationalism is just a bargaining chip to get more gravy out of the EU/NATO.

Posted by: rjb1.5 | Apr 2 2023 17:37 utc | 52

The Times on the catastrophic demographic consequences of the war for the Ukraine: https://twitter.com/vicktop55/status/1642413293896716289

Posted by: Apollyon | Apr 2 2023 17:38 utc | 54

The UK Labour party also supports sending DU weapons to Ukraine, the leader of the party the millionaire knight of the realm Sir Keir Starmer, who forced Jeremy Corbyn out of the party, also cleared the men who murdered Charles de Menzes of any wrong doing. Starmer also did everything in his power to keep Assange trapped in the UK, he even threatened the Swedes if they pulled out of the made up accusations against Assange, finally he didn’t prosecute rampant sex beast Jimmy Savile.
https://twitter.com/declassifiedUK/status/1641709774382178304?cxt=HHwWgICx5e6Vw8gtAAAA

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 2 2023 17:41 utc | 56

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 2 2023 17:41 utc | 57
Starmer is yet another one of Euro-Atlanticism’s strange dullards. Depraved indifference is a legal concept with which Starmer himself is no doubt familiar, he certainly exemplifies it.

Posted by: anon2020 | Apr 2 2023 17:55 utc | 58

It’s not unheard of with targeted assassinations for the authorities to declare the presumed target dead so as to prevent secondary attempts. Not that I encourage people to get their hopes up, but for what it’s worth. Fomin hasn’t been in the field for a bit, instead providing commentary and analysis together with Rybar on Soloviev, but he clearly wasn’t averse to danger and I doubt he had any fear of death. Вечная память героям.

Posted by: Skiffer | Apr 2 2023 18:04 utc | 60

Posted by: Deplorable Commissar | Apr 2 2023 17:54 utc | 58
> What about these examples of Nationalism ?
> Putin, Russia , China, North Korea, Iran ……..
All very good Nationalisms.
But not as good as the Slavic Nationalism, the bestest of all nationalismuses.

Posted by: hophely | Apr 2 2023 18:12 utc | 62

Re: Catastrophic Demographics
Since 2014 approx. 2/3s of working age Ukrainian citizens had already voted with their feet before 2022. They left to work abroad.

Posted by: Exile | Apr 2 2023 18:20 utc | 64

Correlation might not be sufficient but it is necessary, so make of this what you will:
https://www.lastampa.it/esteri/2023/04/02/diretta/ucraina_russia_guerra_news_oggi-12732813/
4:43 pm
Blinken calls Lavrov: the detention of an American reporter is unacceptable
Antony Blinken spoke today with Russian Foreign Minister Srghiei Lavrov “to express our deep concern about Russia’s unacceptable detention of an American journalist”. The US secretary of state wrote it on Twitter, stressing that he had asked for the immediate release of the Wall Street Journal reporter and of the other “unjustly detained” American, Paul Whelan
6.25pm
Nationalist blogger Tatarsky killed in a bomb in a cafe in St. Petersburg
The well-known nationalist blogger and Russian war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky died in the explosion at a coffee bar in St. Petersburg. This was reported by the emergency services cited by the Russian media. The Tass agency specifies that the explosion was caused by over 200 grams of Tnt and that the number of injured has risen to 15. According to The Insider, in the cafe where the explosion occurred, there was a “creative evening” of the “military commissioner”, 15 other people were injured. Earlier, a girl brought a bomb to a meeting with Tatarsky, allegedly hid it in a figurine and presented it to him. The Telegram channel “112” publishes a photo of her

Posted by: anon2020 | Apr 2 2023 18:22 utc | 66

rk, i hope you don’t work in a rape crisis/counseling center.
Posted by: rjb1.5 | Apr 2 2023 17:24 utc | 50
That’s a good one! I like it

Posted by: rk | Apr 2 2023 18:25 utc | 68

Re: Ritter’s estimate for nuclear war.
70% is much too optimistic.
The leadership of the West is just as stupid and delusional as the NAFO (Nazis And Fairies Organized?) trolls we se all over the place here. Confident in their delusions that the Russians will roll over if they just push hard enough.
[Ohs noes! My alias is turning Ukaranian!]

Posted by: William Hruff | Apr 2 2023 18:41 utc | 70

” But not as good as the Slavic Nationalism, the bestest of all nationalismuses.
Posted by: hophely | Apr 2 2023 18:12 utc | 63 ”
You should work harder on your comedic attempts as they are subpar. I never said anything about one giant Slavic nation. What I want is for all the Slavic nations to work together towards the benefit of all Slavic people.
Are you going to mock the Arab league also ? The African Union ? An Islamic union ?

Posted by: Deplorable Commissar | Apr 2 2023 18:45 utc | 72

“The bridges are still not bombed, proving that Putin had no intention, zero intention, of winning this war.”
Well, they have already won. Russia wants Ukraine and NATO to bring all their men and all their equipment, so that they can destroy them on their doorstep. Why should they overstretch their supply lines? They’ll sit and wait until the last Ukrainian soldier is destroyed and then they’ll go. And when they reach Kiew, they will find Selenskyj already hanging from a lamp post. This war is not about demilitarizing Ukraine anymore, it’s about destroying NATO and destroying the EU.

Posted by: Apollyon | Apr 2 2023 19:04 utc | 74

Must see Interview (German)
The Multipolar World – New Roles, New Conflicts
Richard David Precht in conversation with Pankaj Mishra (German Video)
The world order dominated by the West is changing into a multipolar world – with new actors. Richard David Precht and best-selling author Pankaj Mishra talk about this.
This new distribution of roles can be seen, for example, in the positioning of China, India and others vis-à-vis the Russian war in Ukraine. How stable can a new, multipolar world order be? And how should Germany position itself?
Reflecting on our own history and culture
Our decade is marked by economic and geostrategic power shifts. With China and India, new centres of power are emerging. The dualism between West and East has become a much more complex, multipolar world order. Will this transition be peaceful or must we expect wars and trade wars? How stable will this new world be? And could Germany even take on a role model in this change of constellations, as suggested by Richard Precht’s guest, the Indian writer and essayist Pankaj Mishra.
As a white man in Africa or Asia, you were lord and master of everything that was under your control. That era is over.
Pankaj Mishra
Be it the climate crisis, Corona or action on the Ukraine war, the global South is increasingly refusing to give consent to Europe and the US. While we here in the predominantly democratic West still consider ourselves the navel of the world, the countries of Asia in particular are developing a new self-confidence. Western values such as democracy, freedom or sustainability are not necessarily among their priorities. After centuries of European value dominance, today they want to make economic progress and reflect on their own history and culture.
Germany as a possible mediator
According to Mishra, these changes have not yet reached the consciousness of the West. Europe still sleepwalkingly clings to its allegiance to the USA instead of meeting the global South at eye level. According to Mishra, Germany should oppose the dramatic decline of Western dominance and position itself as a mediator. With its exemplary reappraisal of the Third Reich and the citizen-oriented success model of the social market economy, Germany is ideally suited to act as a trustworthy mediator.
Germany could make a virtue of its own experience and see and present itself as an independent, sovereign nation with a special history. Germany could present its special historical and economic development not as something shaped by National Socialism, but as the result of such a successful welfare state, through a state that responds to the concerns of its citizens and takes them seriously.
Pankaj Mishra
But is it really advisable for Germany to go it alone? According to Mishra, the old Europe will have to learn to rethink. While we in this country may be so convinced of our moral values, which we have been able to develop thanks to our prosperity, we underestimate the growing need of the rest of the world to no longer be patronised by the West.
Pankaj Mishra
Pankaj Mishra is an Indian writer and literary critic. He was born in 1969 in Jhansi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and lived for a long time in a small town on the Himalayas.
Mishra earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Master of Arts in English Literature.
https://www.zdf.de/gesellschaft/precht/precht-248.html

Posted by: Nionde | Apr 2 2023 19:08 utc | 76

Anyone have any insight if Gershkovich remained a Russian citizen ? He would have had to formally renounce Russian citizenship, just like we do. It a big pain-in-the-butt-long process to renounce Russian or US citizenship.
The Gershkovich sage might get rather interesting if he is a Russian citizen.

Posted by: Exile | Apr 2 2023 19:15 utc | 78

I’m shocked, I followed his Evening Vladlen every day, all I can say is the way he used to finish his programme, “The enemy will be destroyed, victory will be ours”, Rest in peace VladlEn, I’ll miss your evening talk, and let there be no doubt, this is terror and I hope measures are taken to stop it, there is only one way to stop it, the disappearance of the terrorist regime.

Posted by: Paco | Apr 2 2023 19:27 utc | 80

Haven’t been around much lately. Watching this daily gets repetitive.
Happy I checked in today, the Doomers and other incels are predictably loud and proud right now. The most dangerous men have always been Gamma males. Smart civilizations bullied them out of relevance.
The trajectory of the SMO has not changed from a month ago, or 3 months ago, or 6 months ago. Russia, despite the assassinations, the terrorism, the “Rules based order” public relations stunts, is still proceeding towards a victory.
I’d argue that if the SMO ended Monday AM, Russia was fantastically successful already. They showed the world how weak NATO is, tested many of their advanced platforms, galvanized domestic support, reinforced the Russian economy, got valuable experience for their troops, and re-assured allies that they are a substantial force to be reckoned with, the only counter-balance to the Anglo-Americans.
The best part is that the West has managed to destroy their own infrastructure and destroy their manufacturing base even further. Forget what happens militarily, getting the West to own-goal their own economies is an amazing victory on its own.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 2 2023 19:29 utc | 82

There´s a real joker writing in the Daily Telegraph.
Richard Kemp writes “Russia will never recover from this devastating collapse” which just about shows how remote is the planet that the DT now reports from.
Kemp adds that the Chinese claim Outer Manchuria, including Vladivostok.
No wonder the British are brainwashed with lunacy like this posted as front page lead articles.

Posted by: John Marks | Apr 2 2023 19:45 utc | 84

@ B.B. Finlayisan
At the moment, it appears that Scott Ritter’s “70%” of possible nuclear escalation, seems generous to me. Agreed Scott needs an “unplugged “ break, but it doesn’t mean he’s in error. There are many of us that have not seen ANY EVIDENCE that “peace” or even a “ceasefire” is in the making. Only escalation. IF Ukraine really follows thru with the massive campaign ( I’m not one of those that believes Ukraine has no weapons, or munitions etc etc), then I think it will be massive. Massive drones, massive planes out of Poland & Romania, massive troops, ISIL type mercs from everywhere. USA has 800+ bases… does anyone believe the smut about equipment etc??
Of course they’ll all be outfitted in Ukraine uniforms, but that would certainly escalate things.
Currently it appears both sides are getting comfortable with a long attrition. At least from a Military standpoint. But the Military isn’t making the call.
I’m just saying, as I think Scott’s implying, there could be miscalculations, or rogues mucking around. I think all of this is making Zelenskyy nervous, he knows what his UK/NATO planners are up to, including in the Black Sea. All this “ we don’t have this, we don’t have that”… that’s just money grifting… the West will make their move by summer, or walk away & go back to bombing Syria again.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 2 2023 19:48 utc | 86

@persiflo 70
lucky you
my experiece is of more confrontational nature.
either people think I am crazy.
Or not.
However if there is something of a decent/profound friendship to relate, that is: one knows each other on fundamental terms from times “before the war” (it´s WWII tales all over again), then discussion is probably possible.
Online discourse is an entirely different matter.
Differentiation is impossibly difficult.
So better only argue in person.
Everything else – quel desastre.
p.s. shows how skilled letter-writers the ancient people once were – in a time where neither phone nor computer would do.
Only the words you chose carefully to convey your most inner thoughts!

Posted by: AG | Apr 2 2023 19:49 utc | 88

LoveDonbass @ 88
I apologize. That post was posted to the wrong thread. There is some oblique discussion in the week-in-review thread about the possibility that our host is being “leaned on” by some heavy state actors. I was responding to that speculation, and if it is so then our host’s character is irrelevant. If what is being discussed is really happening then our host will not be given a choice.
Gangster control of the narrative isn’t something that only happens elsewhere (outside the “garden” of delusions?) or in the past, you know.
Personally, I think our host is as brave as he is wise with strength of character rivaling that of Assange, but the Empire’s thugs don’t care about that.

Posted by: William Gruff | Apr 2 2023 20:01 utc | 90

Posted by: William Gruff | Apr 2 2023 20:01 utc | 91
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You’re a good man.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 2 2023 20:09 utc | 92

re: William Gruff | Apr 2 2023 19:36 utc | 84
Are you all sure that is William Gruff?

Posted by: Perimetr | Apr 2 2023 20:11 utc | 94

Perimetr @95: “Are you all sure that is William Gruff?”
In this case, it really is me. Trolls have tried to flatter me by using my name, though not as much as they have with other posters such as Jen, but I like to think my excessive wordiness and general lack of concern for other’s feelings helps readers spot the definite article… “THE” William Gruff, as it were.

Posted by: William Gruff | Apr 2 2023 20:23 utc | 96

Scott Ritter just stated that he gives Nuclear War with a complete destruction of life on earth a 70% chance.
Posted by: Turk 152 | Apr 2 2023 14:47 utc | 12
There’s life kilometres under the ground that doesn’t even need oxygen. And that fat jarhead named after a chocolate bar suffers from an incurable disability called “being american”.

Posted by: Mike | Apr 2 2023 20:35 utc | 98

@Steven Starr 33
& bar
for me following link to the recommended title “C3: Nuclear Command, Control, Cooperation”
worked better:
https://archive.org/details/c3nuclearcommand00vale

Posted by: AG | Apr 2 2023 20:52 utc | 100