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April 20, 2025
Ukraine Open Thread 2025-084
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Russian MOD reports over 1300 violations of Easter Truce:
The Russian military has been targeted more than 1,300 times by Ukrainian forces in the less than 24 hours since the declaration of an Easter truce by both sides, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that the pause in hostilities would be in effect from 6:00pm Moscow time on Saturday, and last until midnight on Monday. He instructed the country’s military to stay on high alert and be ready “to respond to any violations or provocations.” Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky answered a few hours later that Kiev’s forces “will act in a reciprocal way.”
The Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that “despite the announcement of the Easter truce,” Ukrainian forces attempted to assault the positions of the Russian military in the areas of the settlements of Sukhaya Balka and Bogatyr in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic overnight. The attacks were repelled, it added.
Kiev’s troops also used 48 plane-type UAVs against the Russian military, including one in Crimea, the statement read.
“The Ukrainian units fired 444 times from cannons and mortars at the positions of our troops, [and] carried out 900 strikes with quadcopter drones,” the ministry said.
In his conversation with Gerasimov yesterday, Putin said:
“Our solution about the Easter truce will show how sincere the readiness is of the Kiev regime and its desire and ability to comply with the agreements, to participate in the process of peace negotiations aimed at to address the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis.”
The 1300+ violations are very demonstrative about Kiev’s desire for peace and willingness to honor any agreement.
I think it proves Putins point that a ceasefire is pointless if someone can wreck it so easily. All it takes is a few provocations and it’s gone. There’s so many people outside ukraines control in the war they can’t simply order a ceasefire.
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Apr 20 2025 13:37 utc | 2
” .. declaration of an Easter truce by both sides, ..”
afaics: this truce is unilateral.
Contrast with the recent “no attacks on energy infrastructure”
which I understood to be initially accepted on both sides.
Posted by: MAKK | Apr 20 2025 13:55 utc | 3
Here the mockingbird war-war haw-haw’s of the fascist propaganda media’s insist on keeping the decades long Russophobia going – to the last ukropian dragged off the streets and minced into the Russian grinder.
The lead story.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy70vj2eejzo
“Rosenberg: Is Putin’s ‘Easter truce’ cause for scepticism or chance for peace?”
What great elected , representative, Rosenberg are they quoting? Leading with his name??
‘Steve’ as he is known to VVP and his RF interlocutors, has no Easter of his own to celebrate; no semblance of why the spiritual unilateral ceasefire was made.
He is not being a Xhristian, or celebrating Spring, rebirth, the turning of the season to the beautiful warming , nurturing summer bounties… or the sudden short peace.
He just is ‘sceptical’ on all our behalf – because that scepticism is demanded from us to keep his dooming gang relevant.
Or is it just because he is just cold blooded zio fascist supremacist warmongering scum bag – who can’t accept that his dynastic ambitions are now dust on his tongue; as they were on their forebarers.
(I could have just posted the link and the single word to describe his ‘Easter Message’ to his dumb audiences – CtotheT)
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 20 2025 14:09 utc | 4
DH: Mark Sleboda: Putin Orders Devastating New Offensive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGg0W1VA8V8
“Trump stunned by Russia, China and Iran alliance…”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 20 2025 14:13 utc | 5
Russian groups of forces in area of special military operation strictly observe ceasefire
The Ukrainian army attacked the positions of Russian forces 444 times after the Easter truce was declared, as well as carried out 900 drone attacks, the Defense Ministry reported
Building of the Russian Ministry of Defense Valery Sharifulin/TASS
Building of the Russian Ministry of Defense
© Valery Sharifulin/TASS
MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. The Russian army in accordance with President Vladimir Putin’s orders strictly observed ceasefire in the area of the special military operation from 6:00 p.m. Moscow time (3:00 p.m. GMT) on April 19, the Defense Ministry reported.
“As ordered by Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation, all groups of forces in the area of the special military operation strictly observed ceasefire from 6:00 p.m. Moscow time on April 19 and remained at lines and positions taken earlier,” the report said.
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Posted by: Newbie | Apr 20 2025 14:24 utc | 6
There is general talk of France,UK etc sending troops to Odessa. Wonder the operational potential of partisans against them. Also Transnistria role if any. If and when Russians make a move on Odessa what assistance can they expect from the partisans. Think it is now or never for them
In Russian, трус, pronounced “truce,” means coward.
So:
Перемирие для трусов.
A truce for trusovs.
A truce for cowards.
Posted by: Peter b | Apr 20 2025 14:33 utc | 8
Ukraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update, 18th April 2025: May be useful to some: https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-and-world-affairs-weekly-84b
Posted by: The Busker | Apr 20 2025 14:56 utc | 9
@ Peter b | Apr 20 2025 14:33 utc | 8
Tell that to the soldiers, on both sides, which got a chance to evacuate their wounded thanks to local commanders agreeing to not shoot at each other for a bit. Diplomatic moves isn’t everything that a momentary ceasefire is.
Posted by: boneless | Apr 20 2025 15:00 utc | 10
Gary, who works with Danny Davis on Deep Dive found this DW video on YT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaszKLSO9-c
I know the line about history rhyming, the parallels to the Hitlerjugend seem obvious to me. Those poor kids.
I hope this finds you well
Posted by: ockham | Apr 20 2025 15:30 utc | 11
Two incedents of british airforce typhoons harassing Russian planes this week.
That and transparent bia’s bbc reporting on the general situation, tell me the brits really really dont want peace brakeing out.
I hope the Trump team are aware.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-intercepted-russian-aircraft-over-baltic-sea-recent-days-2025-04-20/
Watch out for brit zelensky false flags right now.
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 20 2025 15:32 utc | 12
The 1300+ violations are very demonstrative about Kiev’s desire for peace and willingness to honor any agreement.
@ karlof1 | Apr 20 2025 13:18 utc | 1
In their last conversation, Putin promised to Trump an immediate 30-day ceasefire for energy facilities. As with the bare-minimum good-faith gesture of this Easter truce, Ukronazis pursued a doctrine of bad-faith ceasefire violations. But Putin’s promise was not to Ukronazis, but to Trump, and to honor their mutual confidence Putin has maintained a one-sided energy ceasefire, regardless.
Those 30 days expired just before Easter. Could be some fireworks just afterward.
Posted by: Aleph_Null | Apr 20 2025 15:45 utc | 13
Aleph_Null | Apr 20 2025 15:45 utc | 13–
Thanks for your reply. IMO, the trajectory of the conflict continues with the new added feature that the Outlaw US Empire no longer controls the Nazis it installed in Ukraine, which IMO was predictable–Nazis are exceptionalists that only answer to themselves much like Zionists. Additionally IMO, Trump has also lost control of the EU portion of NATO as it clearly wants to continue the conflict Trump seeks to end.
To review: Trump no longer controls the UkroNazis, the EU political leaders, and the European portion of NATO. That’s all very serious. Add to that the splits within the EU and EU/NATO and future unpredictability escalates.
@ karlof1 | Apr 20 2025 16:24 utc | 14
A few weeks ago you informed the bar that Peter AU1 was “no longer with us”, which we logically assumed meant that he was no longer among the living. Were you misunderstood? misinformed? Someone claiming to be Peter AU1 has been posting here in the last few days.
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 20 2025 16:33 utc | 15
I’ve not seen PeterAU1 commenting here but I have seen a Peter AU 1 commenting on Martyanov’s blog
Posted by: ScreamingMonk | Apr 20 2025 16:53 utc | 16
Very interesting read, to say the least…..
“the narcissism of small differences”
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/20/in-ukraine-ultra-nationalists-are-the-good-guys/
Posted by: drinky crow | Apr 20 2025 17:09 utc | 17
The gents on The Duran looked into their crystal ball this morning and foretold the future: Macron will send French troops into Odessa by late summer.
Here’s how it’ll come about, some of it relying on specious reasoning, but c’mon we’re dealing w/ Macron, so specious reasoning comes w/ the territory.
—Zelensky will announce a unilateral ceasefire, whether VVP agrees to it or not.
That’s Fallacious Thought #1
—the French will have already posted up in Romania; during the *ceasefire* Zelensky will *invite* the French troops in. The French, believing they can pull this off, will rush into Odessa.
That’s Fallacious Thought #2
—believing Russia will not strike @ them, because the French are a superior fighting force to the Russians, the French will *occupy* Odessa
That’s Fallacious Thought #3
—believing the U.S. will indeed backstop them, should Russia attack, the French will feel especially emboldened
That’s Fallacious Thought #4
The specious reasoning & fallacious thinking fail to factor in how close Russian Forces may be to Odessa by late summer, or the additional depletion of the AFU by then.
Additionally, the specious reasoning & fallacious thinking fail to factor in how always-close an Oreshnik might be to whatever hotel in which the French have holed up.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 20 2025 17:29 utc | 18
I have seen a documentary showing Ukro parents sending their 15 year old boys to military camp to prepare for war.
Very strange, but gives a powerful message.
Ukrainians, in general, love this war. That is why Ukraine is still very strong.
Posted by: vargas | Apr 20 2025 17:36 utc | 19
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Apr 20 2025 13:37 utc | 2
RE: how easy it is to sabotage a ceasefire when so many constituents are in-play
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After nearly 39 months of war, with as many Moving Parts as have been involved in it, the success of a ceasefire is null.
Moreover, there's scarcely any meaningful way to chaperone or monitor or adjudicate potential flare-ups.
It's difficult to see how the U.S. would want to *assign* someone the task of babysitting the peace. No one wants to see a new federal agency, or an expansion of the Pentagon.
VVP's 30-hour ceasefire was very classy nonetheless. It was especially successful in being so time-bound---30 hours---and contained within a short period.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 20 2025 17:40 utc | 20
@ vargas | Apr 20 2025 17:36 utc | 19
Google some Russian media coverage of banderastan citizens trying to migrate into Russian Federation, get screened through social media with their “hailing space taxi” selfies, then sit there crying because they will be sent back to either EU as broke unwanted refugees or back home waiting to get kidnapped.
Posted by: boneless | Apr 20 2025 17:42 utc | 21
There is nothing more stupid then Putin’s decision to establish the Easter ceasefire.
Ukrainians attacked Russia, they do not care for Putin’s proposals.
Russia needs the people like Igor Strelkow.
https://www.rt.com/russia/616024-truce-easter-violated-kiev/
Posted by: vargas | Apr 20 2025 17:44 utc | 22
malenkov | Apr 20 2025 16:33 utc | 15–
Thanks for your reply and concern. I have no empirical evidence either way; my initial comment was from deduction. I closely read the comments posted by this new Peter AU1 to see how close the diction, etc., were to the original I’d known for about ten years. My analysis was mixed but leaning to the unconvinced side for a variety of reasons. I’ve been on the lookout for additional commentary, but none has appeared. Yes, he was a known commentator at Martyanov’s, but I haven’t seen anything there by him in months, although I don’t closely scrutinize that site’s comments.
@ vargas | Apr 20 2025 17:44 utc | 22
I would like to point out that claims of that dejected raving lunatic of how terrible everything will turn out haven’t ended up to be true for years now.
Posted by: boneless | Apr 20 2025 17:48 utc | 24
It’s all settled, then…
Former NATO commander Wesley Clark has declared that “Odessa is the key to Russia’s victory.” Speaking to CNN, Clark said, “The capture of Odessa will be a symbol of the end of the war and a de facto victory for the Russian Federation. This is Putin’s strategic goal.”
This node, this pivot—toward Odessa; everything for Odessa—signals the shift from Joe’s War, the war helmed by Collective Biden, to Europe’s War, the post-DJT portion of the war, if indeed DJT walks away.
A new war, a new focus, brings with it a new maximalist goal: in Clark’s eyes, at least, the only way VVP can be successful in his war aims is if he “captures” Odessa. Fail at that, and VVP fails entirely.
Clark has thrown down the gauntlet, oddly—but it is also a ‘tell.’ The war’s new phase is all about Odessa: this is the brass ring. We have heard scuttlebutt for months about French troops in Odessa, perhaps a smattering of UK troops too. As Ukraine has lost the 4 oblasts to Russia and also Crimea, the next phase of the war has to dangle a choice token—something for Europeans to defend, something for which Russia must vie. And that is Odessa.
Because CNN is so staunchly a card-carrying member of the Regime Media, you just *know* Clark’s interview was orchestrated in order to *implant* the next objectives of Project Ukraine. Everybody’s on notice now.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 20 2025 17:56 utc | 25
I have seen a documentary showing Ukro parents sending their 15 year old boys to military camp to prepare for war.
Very strange, but gives a powerful message.
Ukrainians, in general, love this war. That is why Ukraine is still very strong.
Posted by: vargas | Apr 20 2025 17:36 utc | 19
yes, very strong messege. they rather send their young children before going themself. is this one of your european values that you so cherish? cowardly hiding behind others, and now even hiding behind your own little children?
the parents should be the ones going. but as true cowards, like the kiev nazi junta, they rather send others. even their kids, because their neighbours are already gone.
stop cheering for nazism. as an alleged “serbian”, you should know better.
Posted by: Justpassinby | Apr 20 2025 17:59 utc | 26
Former British colonel Richard Kemp believes that Sec Rubio’s comments about ‘walking away’ have “rattled” VVP and that as a result he has “blinked first” in calling for a 30-hour Easter ceasefire.
Say what-?
The occasion of a high holy day like Easter had nothing to do w/ it. The fact of the Russian Forces having matters spectacularly in-hand had nothing to do w/ it. The 30-hour ceasefire was inspired only by DJT.
Col Kemp, writing for the Daily Telegraph, portrays a Russian president incapable of acting autonomously apart from U.S. dictates, directives or decrees: “Putin is fearful of Trump. He knows well that Trump’s cajoling of Ukraine and cosying up to Russia are in fact merely negotiating tactics.”
Kemp then publishes a litany of propagandistic tropes: Russia’s “failing” economy; VVP’s “loss of clout” in the MidEast on account of Syria; VVP’s fear of additional sanctions. All of which, Kemp believes, leaves VVP susceptible to misstepping and earning DJT’s “ire.”
Insecure of losing DJT’s doting attention, VVP is of course driven to do things in order to make damn certain that DJT’s focus snaps right back to VVP.
I mean, in Kemp’s estimation VVP is little more than a codependently crazed stalker-like ex-girlfriend. Unable to view complex geopolitics as anything other than hegemon-wielded *sticks* and hegemon-proffered *carrots*, Kemp firmly believes any actions VVP takes are wholly the result of DJT’s prior statements or decisions, some of them delivered on Truth Social, even though the phenomenon of U.S.-Russia engagement is scarcely 3 months old.
VVP has been directing the SMO and managing highly complex global relationships all throughout a lengthy period when Collective Biden had zero meaningful contact w/ Russia, so it has never been the case that VVP lacks agency. But all at once, suddenly, the U.S. reaches out to Russia in the person of DJT and, according to Kemp, this has been destabilizing enough for VVP, self-esteem-wise, that he is compelled to maintain the attention, the gaze, through a complex & alluring dance of engagement.
For Kemp, it’s Ludacris all over again: when *you* move, *I* move.
VVP is little more than an automaton set into motion as a result of DJT flipping the switch.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 20 2025 18:01 utc | 27
@ karlof1 | Apr 20 2025 17:44 utc | 23
I appreciate your reply(ing). For the record there are some comments by (a) Peter AU1 on the latest Martyanov thread (“How to make a war”) dating from 17-20 hours ago from when I write this.
The “new” Peter AU1 is, in terms of world politics, just as much on the side of the angels as the “old” one, although the tone is curiously impersonal. Given his always precarious health I’d be the last to suggest plying him with drink according to the old “in vino veritas” rule, although that might aid mightily in a determination…
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 20 2025 18:06 utc | 28
Putin said:
“Our solution about the Easter truce will show how sincere the readiness is of the Kiev regime and its desire and ability to comply with the agreements, to participate in the process of peace negotiations aimed at to address the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis.”
Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 20 2025 13:18 utc | 1
I knew that Putin was naive, but not to this point. He had the last 30 days to show to the rest of the world how ready the ukronazis were desiring to comply with any reciprocal agreement.
Now what is happening on the front line?
Are the ukronazis able to target with artillery and drones Russian servicemen and civilians without any attempt by the Russian army to destroy them, that is to destroy the sources of those attacks because of that unilateral truce?
I need to be reassured that it is not the case and that the “truce” is over.
Posted by: Naive | Apr 20 2025 18:10 utc | 29
Posted by: ctiger | Apr 20 2025 13:35 utc | 178
RE: plenty of partisans in Odessa
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@ctiger posted comments to this effect on a prior thread: that partisan groups in Odessa will tip Russian Forces off to concentrations of French troops, UK troops, Danish troops, etc.
As Project Ukraine has aged & ripened, going on 39 months now, it is unquestionably the case that stalwart Russian loyalists have dug into their own ability to influence the success of the SMO.
If the Europeans bring Odessa to the brink in some kind of maximalist contest for one of the largest of Novorossiya cities, not to mention the sole remaining access for Ukraine to the Black Sea, these loyalists will be the *eyes* and *ears* ready to steer the proceedings to a Russian victory.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 20 2025 18:16 utc | 30
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Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 20 2025 17:44 utc | 23
(Re: Peter AU1 dead or alive)
I haven’t noticed any recent comments by him here and agree with you that his ultra plain-speak writing style was sufficiently unique to be hard to fake.
Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Apr 20 2025 18:24 utc | 31
Odessa is on the menu.
Its pretty clear that the French in particular, with British help, will stage some kind of maneouvre there in consort with the Kiev regime in the coming months.
The results of this probable incursion into Ukraine and its likely occupation are difficult to assess.
I dont agree that ‘partisans’ unless equipped mlitarily with heavy weapons as they were in Donetsk from 2014 would be able to do much to prevent this occupation. I assume the city has Ukranian soldiers patrolling the area which makes any ‘cottage industry’ effort very hard.
Russia clearly wont want to destroy the city itself, the Opera House for example stands as one of the great monuments to Russian civilization.
How then to deal with these interlopers? One assumes the best these ‘troops’ can do is stay in the city. venture outside its walls and they will be picked off at will .The only option then is for the Russians to move further westwards and enforce some kind final reckoning.
Posted by: Night Tripper | Apr 20 2025 18:31 utc | 32
so natos final stand will be at odessa? fitting, as this is where it all began with the trade union building arson.
Posted by: Justpassinby | Apr 20 2025 18:37 utc | 33
This ridiculous truce is dead even before it was born. The Russians have made a fool of themselves with this farce of a truce based on a superstition that should have no place in the modern world and the UKR/NATO has rightly mocked it, they have a war to fight and win. Does Russia have sorcerers serving among the troops? Does it use a black magic to guide missiles? Russia is not even a nation that lives in the Middle Ages, they are troglodytes, while the West and Ukraine are people of the 21st century
Posted by: Louis | Apr 20 2025 18:50 utc | 34
Russia can handle UK/Fr boots on the ground in Ukraine quite easily. Simply ID the relevant country of origin of a missile and launch an ICBM, sans warhead, into a green field. The Brits and frogs are pretty dumb but can add 1 + 1.
IIRC Putin has threatened to use Nukes if Ru looks like losing in Ukraine.
Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Apr 20 2025 18:52 utc | 35
Trump hates the City of London-knows the game-he has other problems of course but he is the first Prez in a long time that opposes the City.
You don’t believe me, read “The Wizard of Oz” not much has changed in the last 125 years except the PTB are challenged by the Crazy Orange man and the real nice part the City is short of gold and that is one of the principal reasons that gold has taken off which explain Starmer’s unhinged maniacal desire for a horrible war against the Bear because is better then bankrupting the UK (that’s easy, been done before) AND the City (not been done yet).
Bullion buyer used to-for years unit last summer- get delivery of gold bullion in four days from the Bank of England in settlement now it is taking six weeks but no B of E official can explain exactly why.
I can-they are horribly short because of gargantuanly greedy bankers who don’t pray to Jesus as they are , atrociously arrogantly, thinking they could keep the balls in the air , indefinitely.
And they might have if it wasn’t for: the Shanghai Gold Exchange (offering $40/oz premium on Friday) ; LIBOR ending ; and Basel III rules coming in in two months which have crushed their control of the gold market-the silver markets, the scoundrels still have a stranglehold.
Posted by: canuck | Apr 20 2025 18:55 utc | 36
Posted by: Night Tripper | Apr 20 2025 18:31 utc | 32
RE: how to deal w/ Odessa if the French/UK post up
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Speaking to Christoforou, Mercouris stated that Odessa is one of the most bombed of cities in Project Ukraine. The implication was that nostalgic attachment to buildings & architecture might not govern the tempo of assault, if it comes to that. (On this morning's rokfin.com/post/204999/France-believes-it-can-defeat-Russia )
He and Christoforou bantered back & forth about Moldova being used as a point of entry for the European troops to rush across the border and to stake out ports on the Danube as a means of trying to control the coast. (The Danube's delta flows into the Black Sea west of Odessa.)
Wondering what the Brits & the French bring to the battle, weapon-wise. Same ol' same ol'-? My assumption is that they will be as stand-off as possible. No Artyomovsk/Bakhmut for them. No urban warfare. No shock troops.
Storm Shadows and Scalps have to be launched from aircraft; both have an operational range of 550km/342 miles. It's hard to see how the Brits or French could launch without the Russians getting an over-the-horizon signature.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 20 2025 18:57 utc | 37
@ Hoarsewhisperer | Apr 20 2025 18:52 utc | 35
IIRC Putin has threatened to use Nukes if Ru looks like losing in Ukraine.
President Putin has never “threatened” to use nukes. He has _warned_ that RF has this thing called Nuclear Doctrine. He most definitely didn’t say anything about what would happen if RF would “look like” losing in 404.
Posted by: boneless | Apr 20 2025 18:59 utc | 38
Daily DS map update: https://deepstatemap.live/en#7/48.8827796/38.7817383
Overall: Another slow day, with only 9.4 kmsq taken. Rate is less than half that of NOV2024.
Presumably, given the ceasefire, these are gains that were “in the pipeline” and now recognized by DS. Will be interesting to see what tomorrow looks like (will it be low, because of some aging process related to DS verifications?)
Specific changes, S to N:
1. Field W of Preozhebenka (DP front). Not strategically interesting.
2. Fields near and part of town of Sukha Balka (“H20 front”). This is continued movement for several days in this vicinity. Is it just finally straightening the front, or the start of a deeper flanking effort around either Pokrovsk (far west) or Toretsk (far east)? Time will tell. And although there is continued recent movement, it’s not a screaming advance by any means (or daily totals would be higher).
3. Fields near Katerynivka and entrance into town of Nove/Lypove (Nevske sector). This is a salient developing. “Zherobets River front” that Willy has speculated could collapse a pocket. Still much more distance needed and should be skeptical until shown. (Same speculations were around last summer and the RFA didn’t convert the area between Zherobets and Oskil.)
Posted by: Anonymous | Apr 20 2025 19:02 utc | 39
Re: Ukropia not honoring the Easter ceasefire
The concern trolls may be trying to argue that Russia’s unilateral Easter ceasefire is some kind of sign of weakness, but it is actually the opposite of that, and the Ukropian violations of it are the real sign of weakness. Needing to take cheap shots when one’s opponent lays down their arms for a day is the behavior of the coward and weakling.
Most importantly, though, this behavior will infuriate Trump. Doubtless the Ukropians believe Trump will be impressed by their maniacal dedication to killing Russians. They are shockingly stupid, after all; however, Trump will not be impressed, and will instead be disgusted by the Ukraine. It amazes me how badly the crackhead comedian dictator is “reading the room”. This kind of move is as if custom tailored to goad Trump into throwing up his hands and walking away from the Ukraine war entirely.
Looking forward to seeing how Trump responds to being made a fool of by the midget crack monkey tomorrow.
Posted by: William Gruff | Apr 20 2025 19:04 utc | 40
All of the Ukraine peace talk is nonsense.
I am only a dilettante when it comes to the finer points of American politics, but I know that Trump does not have to keep delivering weapons from the Continental US to Poland as he has been doing. No past President can bind the hands of future Presidents that way, not that Trump follows any rules or laws he does not want to.
Trump is not trying to end this.
Any notion that Trump is fighting a banker war gets a lot of play from Sasha Krainer, who I like, but he has a very Western Eurocentric view for a Slav.
Trump is maintaining the continuity of agenda that America has pursued since the end of WW2.
Trump was reportedly telling Republican leaders between elections that he wanted to bomb Russia with planes disguised as Chinese.
That sounds more like a British tactic than that of a friend of Russia.
Meanwhile, Russia and Yemen are doing a fantastic job of demilitarizing a US that will struggle to get the raw materials necessary to replenish their military stocks, as China has embargoed the most crucial and necessary inputs.
It may take another decade, but this psychopathic game the West plays may be over for good.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 20 2025 19:08 utc | 41
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He most definitely didn’t say anything about what would happen if RF would “look like” losing in 404.
Posted by: boneless | Apr 20 2025 18:59 utc | 38
You say he didn’t. I say he did.
Differences of opinion promote debate 🙂
Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Apr 20 2025 19:19 utc | 42
@ Hoarsewhisperer | Apr 20 2025 19:19 utc | 42
Provide the quote then, to conclude this “debate”, instead of acting up all petulantly.
Posted by: boneless | Apr 20 2025 19:23 utc | 43
Tom Luongo on City of London; I think he is right on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFb-rNKMk2w
Posted by: canuck | Apr 20 2025 19:28 utc | 44
stop cheering for nazism. as an alleged “serbian”, you should know better.
Posted by: Justpassinby | Apr 20 2025 17:59 utc | 26
I am just terrified I am not cheering for nazism.
Nobody takes into account how mad are the Ukrainians.
Posted by: vargas | Apr 20 2025 19:32 utc | 45
Anyway, boneless, you’re deliberately missing the point I was making @ #35.
If Ru launches a toothless ICBM towards an open field in Fr or UK it will activate the defence shield. This will identify the point of impact and encourage the defenders to adopt a wait & see attitude (if they can’t intercept it).
Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Apr 20 2025 19:35 utc | 46
@ Hoarsewhisperer | Apr 20 2025 19:35 utc | 46
That’s not the Russian leadership’s style though. Slow and non-escalating has been working out thus far, in said leadership’s eyes anyway. They _could_ do a great many interesting things, but they won’t until forced.
That’s especially true since they, as you mentioned, can and will deal with any force injected into banderastan by those schizophrenic chucklefucks.
Posted by: boneless | Apr 20 2025 19:43 utc | 47
Posted by: vargas | Apr 20 2025 19:32 utc | 45
getting nervous about the beast you fed and nurtured that it may walk on your fields?
Posted by: Macpott | Apr 20 2025 20:09 utc | 48
Additionally, the specious reasoning & fallacious thinking fail to factor in how always-close an Oreshnik might be to whatever hotel in which the French have holed up.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 20 2025 17:29 utc | 18
A compact target such as a hotel is not a correct target for an Oreshnik. Iskanders are preferred and are lower cost and available in quantity.
Posted by: Drifter | Apr 20 2025 20:16 utc | 49
Two incedents of british airforce typhoons harassing Russian planes this week.
That and transparent bia’s bbc reporting on the general situation, tell me the brits really really dont want peace brakeing out.
I hope the Trump team are aware.
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 20 2025 15:32 utc | 12
Britain has a top-level operation – Project Alchemy – has has for several years been specifically working to keep the war going at all costs.
https://thegrayzone.com/2024/11/16/uk-plot-keep-ukraine-fighting/
Those involved include the 77th Brigade, the British military propaganda specialists. As an aside, many local media in Britain (including my own local one) are part of the Newsquest group, which in turn is owned by US company Gannet.
Newsquest have now stopped allowing comments on stories (ie: propaganda pieces) about Ukraine or Palestine and other international stories. There had been an increasing number of comments contrary to the official narrative, including ones accusing Newsquest of being a conduit for 77th Brigade propaganda.
All in all, these malcontents were giving the impression that not many outside of the Esthablishment are actually that keen on war – so discussion was terminated. Another small incidence of censorship.
Posted by: Red Star | Apr 20 2025 20:17 utc | 50
ceasefire pause has clearly shown as intended that z has no command of the military and can be dismissed,bypassed, and that destroying the neo nazi culture within and outside Ukraine must continue until absolute surrender .
Posted by: Jo | Apr 20 2025 20:17 utc | 51
I am just terrified I am not cheering for nazism.
Nobody takes into account how mad are the Ukrainians.
Posted by: vargas | Apr 20 2025 19:32 utc | 45
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You’re not “terrified” at all. Every last post of yours cheers the Ukronazis on.
Stop shamming; you’re only embarrassing yourself.
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 20 2025 20:29 utc | 52
Red Star @ 51
Thanks for that very usefull input.
Its all wheels within wheels.
Beyoud doubt the next two weeks are going to be pivital.
Will Trump walk away. Becouse its plain to see even now the brits have no intention of putting the brakes on this confict.
Who wears the trousers ? Trump or stramer ? Were about to find out.
Wiskov needs to watch out for the novachoc.
Am allways pleased to see your comments ! Dont be a stranger here.
Kudos
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 20 2025 20:31 utc | 53
@Posted by: malenkov | Apr 20 2025 18:06 utc | 28
@ karlof
Thanks to both for your input on this PeterAu mystery!
I noted ‘him’ at the below comment which has not been replied to by ‘him’, and then posted for the barflies about ‘his’ post on another thread.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/04/growth-of-ukraines-azov-units-follow-path-of-the-waffen-ss.html?cid=6a00d8341c640e53ef02c8d3d14a40200c
It’s not a major conundrum.
Most likely it’s a name stealer.
Less likely it’s ‘him’ and he was always a sock.
Least likely is it’s the real ‘him’ and he has decided to ignore all of us here who had interaction with him over the years.
Of course I’d love it if it were the real him.
I’ve had my nickname stolen on a site I used to frequent and hadn’t been to for ages and suddenly found I had apparently commented! The site owner said they would look into it…
Funnily I have been barred from there soon after! 😅
Anyway let’s not sweat much more without further activity, about this curious incident and if the real Peter is alive, if we were not all fooled, then great. But I doubt it is him.
Am now more interested in the completion of DJT’s first 100 days and all the failed promises – starting with Epstein.
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 20 2025 20:56 utc | 55
Two main points here and Happy Easter Hristos si Rodi…to all….
One, DJT has authorized zero new aid to the Ukronazi government. The only aid still flowing is leftover aid from the Joementia government.
Secondly, the possibility of a joint rogue military expedition in Odessa is a real possibility, coupled with a hard attempted color revolution in Belgrade………of course any UK/French incursion into Odessa would trigger a general conflagration with RF, including the destruction of all UK recon aircraft in the Black Sea theater.
Sir Keir would have to be completely unhinged to attempt such a scenario………but we know that the London bankers have tens of billions in unsecured loans with the Kieve nazis…next question.
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 20 2025 21:45 utc | 56
This is aproxy war by USA’s genocidal empire against Russia. It was prepared for decades, and Trump was part of that in his first term.
Trump is part of that regime. As we see in Syria and Palestine and Venezuela and other places, that aggressive imperialism with genocidal characteristics has a 100% smooth continuation from administration to administration.
USA/Trump doesn’t want peace nor ceasefire, it wants a pause to rearm Ukraine (nkw that is obvious that its nazi proxies are near defeat), and use that pause to strike Iran and/or China.
The fact that the current emperor presents his DEMANDS and a “will for a ceasefire” in USA’s own proxy war, is probably the high of mankind’s hypocrisy.
The fact that some people still talk in the emperor’s terms, without realizing that Trump has zero interest in peace with Russia, just shows how easy it is to manipulated people.
If Trump really wanted peace, he wouldn’t even be allowed near the White (Supremacism) House.
Trump wants war. That’s why the DeepState allowed him to run, win, and stay alive.
This will not change with any elections, since elections in USA’s fascist oligarchical non-representative regime are a farce.
This will only change when there is either a popular revolution in USA, kr a civil war long and bloody enough to break the empire from within.
This is the sad reality. And Russia and China, etc, know it very well.
Next in Trump’s agenda: war against Iran, or proxy war in Taiwan against China. More threats, more sanctions, more coups, more propaganda/interference, and more genocidal zionism.
Exactly the same that would happen with any other DeepState/NeoCon/AIPAC approved “president”, be it Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden, female Clinton, Vance, Kamala, or any other monster of the Washington swamp.
The documents are publisher for anyone to read them: the empire’s current task is a division of labor, where USA shifts attention to aggression against Iran and China, while the European/NATO vassals continue the aggression against Russia.
Obviously, when the vassals say they “oppose” the emperor, that’s only because the emperor ordered them to say so in public.
That’s why when the emperor says “the ball is on Russia’s side”, all the vassals in Europe that “oppose” the emperor, also repeat the exact same words. Because that was a moment when those “anti”-Trump Europeans were ordered to repeat Trump’s words against Russia.
OPEN YOUR EYES!
That’s why the war in Ukraine can only end when Russia reaches all its goals. It cannot negotiate nor compromise.
All 5 regions (Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, Zaporojie), de-nazification (reverse the Maidan/CIA coup), demilitarisation, neutrality aka end of NATO’s imperialism towards Russian borders.
Obviously, USA cannot be seen agreeing to this. But USA NEEDS a break/ceasefire in this proxy. That’s why the current genocidal emperor (it is Trump, it could be Kamalaz it’s all the SAME) is “getting out” of Ukraine…
Posted by: Carlos Marques on the Ukraine – Easter Ceasefire, Trump Bailing Out| Apr 19 2025 16:49 utc |
Well said and exactly correct. Brian Berletic of The New Atlas has been saying the same thing and so have I. I’m really lazy so I put much more briefly and crudely.
For 80 years the US has been on a project to destroy Russia and take all its stuff. It’s not going to stop. EOS
Posted by: acementhead | Apr 20 2025 22:12 utc | 57
My understanding is that Peter AU1 had passed on as a few months ago there were quite a few comments regarding him including his own statements saying how ill he was. Very sadly missed.
Posted by: Q-lander | Apr 20 2025 22:14 utc | 58
Wrt the Peter AU1 discussion…
“It’s not a major conundrum.
“Most likely it’s a name stealer.
“Less likely it’s ‘him’ and he was always a sock.
“Least likely is it’s the real ‘him’ and he has decided to ignore all of us here who had interaction with him over the years.”
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 20 2025 20:56 utc | 56
Seems impossible that “he was always a sock”. I have seen Karlof1 make several references to a large database that PeterAU1 created, a database that took a lot of work and time to create. I can’t remember what it was all about.
When Karlof1 announced months ago that Peter AU1 had passed away after his long illness, it seemed to be quite definitive, and it indicated a certain degree of personal knowledge and familiarity with the circumstances.
Posted by: Spectator | Apr 20 2025 22:34 utc | 59
So Peter went to the Gates of Heaven and was told, F*** off T****?! lol, quite the story.
In one of his posts here he said he was using another email address than the one known to b. This could be another angle of inquiry; it also lends to the suspicious side. If he lives, he’ll certainly need some humour now. Not everyone gets to read his own obituaries, or to hearing “You are dead, you can’t post here!” like he did, courtesy of this poster.
Posted by: persiflo | Apr 20 2025 22:42 utc | 60
You’re not “terrified” at all. Every last post of yours cheers the Ukronazis on.
Stop shamming; you’re only embarrassing yourself.
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 20 2025 20:29 utc | 53
That is because every second word here is “Ukraine is defeated”.
I want you to show that the most important Ukrainian resource is their fanaticism. As long as they are not afraid to die they will serve their western masters. We must be realistic. Russia is far from victory as the Ukrainian fanaticism is still there.
Posted by: vargas | Apr 20 2025 22:50 utc | 61
“Trump was reportedly telling Republican leaders between elections that he wanted to bomb Russia with planes disguised as Chinese..”
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 20 2025 19:08 utc | 41
Kindly please give us any and all of your documentation on this assertion.
“Reportedly”, show us the ‘reportedly’ statement you are relying on..
Or did you hear it first hand ?
I haven’t seen or heard any iota of your accusation, so I am confused.
Posted by: canuck | Apr 20 2025 23:03 utc | 62
I haven’t seen or heard any iota of your accusation, so I am confused
Posted by: canuck | Apr 20 2025 23:03 utc | 63
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/07/donald-trump-russia-ukraine-jets-chinese
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/06/trump-muses-about-really-bad-quite-possibly-illegal-idea-bomb-russia-using-chinese-flags/
all the best
Social_Misfit
Posted by: Social_Misfit | Apr 20 2025 23:11 utc | 63
I haven’t seen or heard any iota of your accusation, so I am confused.
Posted by: canuck | Apr 20 2025 23:03 utc | 63
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Confusion is to be expected when one is a fan and cannot perform objective analysis.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/07/donald-trump-russia-ukraine-jets-chinese
Archive: https://archive.ph/EXNmP
WAPO source archived: https://archive.ph/wDr1o
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 20 2025 23:19 utc | 64
And we’re back in business..
No orders to extend Easter truce issued by Putin — Kremlin spokesman
The ceasefire is in force for 30 hours, from 6:00 p.m. Moscow time on April 19 until 00:00 Moscow time on April 21
https://tass.com/defense/1946511
Easter truce between Russia and Ukraine announced by Moscow expires
As Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS on April 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not ordered to extend it
https://tass.com/politics/1946537
Next one by x-mas or n/a?
Posted by: Newbie | Apr 20 2025 23:24 utc | 65
Donald Trump if your reading this MOA thread, i hope you’l agree Vladimir Putin has done everything possable to make this truce work.
Whilst one only needed to monitor the uk press and media to clearly see the uk and zelensky had no intention of useing the truce as a major step to lasting peace.
Walk away donald m8. Its a car crash.
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 20 2025 23:33 utc | 66
Donald Trump if your reading this MOA thread?
he can read?
Posted by: Social_Misfit | Apr 20 2025 23:35 utc | 67
As fast as Trump was hinting today that a major deal between Russia and Ukraine was imminent, Maria Zakharova has stated in the last 30 minutes that the ceasefire will NOT be extended in response to the US State Department.
And air raid sirens are going off in Eastern Ukraine right now. Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, and Ivanpolye.
Poor Trump. He’s trying to “incept” deals now. It’s like a salesman whose rent is due and hasn’t been able to close a deal in months.
Is there a reset button for the first 100 days?
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 20 2025 23:36 utc | 68
Is there a reset button for the first 100 days?
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 20 2025 23:36 utc | 69
there is not DJT is the gift that keeps on giving
Posted by: Social_Misfit | Apr 20 2025 23:39 utc | 69
Confusion is to be expected when one is a fan and cannot perform objective analysis.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/07/donald-trump-russia-ukraine-jets-chinese
Archive: https://archive.ph/EXNmP
WAPO source archived: https://archive.ph/wDr1o
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 20 2025 23:19 utc | 65.
or one can link to the absolute WORST sources against Trump .. The Guardian & Washington Post..
Those “sources have and have already lied their faces off about Trump and his admin.
no one.. NO ONE would believe those stories from those sources…
but here you are quoting them as some kind of fact ….
so shove your Guardian sources.. they are not honest nor accurate .. They are the paper of “record” for Norm Eisen ..
Posted by: Carrion | Apr 21 2025 0:06 utc | 70
To review: Trump no longer controls the UkroNazis, the EU political leaders, and the European portion of NATO. That’s all very serious. Add to that the splits within the EU and EU/NATO and future unpredictability escalates.
Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 20 2025 16:24 utc | 14
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DJT and the WH might realize that by now. It also looks like Z has little control and is trying to march in front of his own parade: ‘I am their leader, which way did they go?’
Odessa will be interesting to watch. I don’t envy the Brit and Froggy military in that job. They know it, too. Walking around with a target painted on their back.
Posted by: Acco Hengst | Apr 21 2025 0:06 utc | 71
Poor Trump. He’s trying to “incept” deals now. It’s like a salesman whose rent is due and hasn’t been able to close a deal in months.
Is there a reset button for the first 100 days?
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 20 2025 23:36 utc | 69
ohhh … the ol “TDS”… the TRUMP LIVES IN MY HEAD . All you can focus on is your seething hate of the Orange Man bad … haha
I get you hate losing as it just makes you a loser ..
gotta blame someone I suppose …
Posted by: Carrion | Apr 21 2025 0:10 utc | 72
Thanks for the replies and for Gruff’s well-placed shot between naive’s eyes.
As for PeterAU1, the very last comment made on that Martyanov thread had some personal history in it that he related here on multiple occasions in discourse with me over the years. Spectator @ 60 asked about the dossier he compiled at VK which was all related to biowarfare and the possible tie-in with Covid. Its last entries are from last year. Peter and I collaborated a lot and he talked with me about himself, his family and their trials. I know his last name. He said goodbye. Did he experience a Pinball Wizard Miricle Cure? If he did, I’d expect him to directly contact me at MoA or my substack and say so. It is Easter……
Posted by: Newbie | Apr 20 2025 23:24 utc | 66
RE: *next* ceasefire-?
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Zelensky, Macron & Sir Keir will have to invent a new holiday for a ceasefire in late July or early August, so that the French & British troops will be able to rush in from Moldova & post up in Odessa.
Maybe there is an obscure saint the Europeans can commemorate for 30 hours-? Just long enough for the Brits & the French to wade across the Danube-?
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 21 2025 0:25 utc | 74
gotta blame someone I suppose …
Posted by: Carrion | Apr 21 2025 0:10 utc | 73
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I don’t blame Trump. He’s doing a masterful job of collapsing the Empire. I want Trump to run for a 3rd term, and with stem cell therapy, maybe a 4th.
I am too old and have seen too much to worship billionaire politicians as messiahs. Geez, I’m not even American. Non-Americans don’t have TDS. We often see a bigger world than many Americans do.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 21 2025 0:32 utc | 75
Posted by: Carrion | Apr 21 2025 0:10 utc | 73
Very, very few posters at MoA have “TDS” in the sense that you impute to LoveDonbass here. I’ve only seen a few of them here over the years. Fnord and Steven T. Johnson come to mind. Even they have some “nuance”.
You just come across as a full-on Trump worshipper. A person who will never criticize Donald Trump no matter what he does. Trump himself made fun of people like you when he said a few years ago that he could shoot some rando in broad daylight on 5th Ave in NYC and he wouldn’t lose any of his acolytes. It is a very feminine and non-libertarian quality to be so emotionally dedicated to one politician, imo.
Posted by: Spectator | Apr 21 2025 0:35 utc | 76
You just come across as a full-on Trump worshipper. A person who will never criticize Donald Trump no matter what he does. Trump himself made fun of people like you when he said a few years ago that he could shoot some rando in broad daylight on 5th Ave in NYC and he wouldn’t lose any of his acolytes. It is a very feminine and non-libertarian quality to be so emotionally dedicated to one politician, imo.
Posted by: Spectator | Apr 21 2025 0:35 utc | 77
cool story bro … first off , I’m canadian .. and could care less what trump does ..
2nd. you know shit about me or what I “worship” or lack of ..
get some facts .. or continue to babble made up theories ..
clever guesses are just that ..
Posted by: Carrion | Apr 21 2025 0:43 utc | 77
“He said goodbye. Did he experience a Pinball Wizard Miricle Cure? If he did, I’d expect him to directly contact me at MoA or my substack and say so.”
Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 21 2025 0:24 utc | 74
If he experienced a “miracle cure”, it totally changed his posting style. I tend to agree with DunGroanin that the new one is a name-stealer. A question is, why do that? Why take that name?
Btw, a long-time lurker or poster with a good memory or notes could reasonably imitate the personal info and anecdotes that the real PeterAU1 often shared here at MoA. Just my “two cents”.
Posted by: Spectator | Apr 21 2025 0:51 utc | 78
cool story bro … first off , I’m canadian .. and could care less what trump does ..
Posted by: Carrion | Apr 21 2025 0:43 utc | 78
ohhh … the ol “TDS”… the TRUMP LIVES IN MY HEAD . All you can focus on is your seething hate of the Orange Man bad … haha.
Posted by: Carrion | Apr 21 2025 0:10 utc | 73
but you do
Posted by: Social_Misfit | Apr 21 2025 0:53 utc | 79
There was talk last week about the US withdrawing 50,000 troops from Europe. I can see Trump ‘saving the day’ and rescuing the Brits and French.
Posted by: freedom fritos | Apr 21 2025 1:01 utc | 80
Acco Hengst | Apr 21 2025 0:06 utc | 72–
Thanks for your reply. I’m actually surprised that yours is the first to note that. Will Trump pull the plug? If he doesn’t, what will that tell us? On Iran, if all that emerges is a new version of JCPOA, will the Eurozionists still try to initiate the snap-back provisions? Tomorrow we have another Crooke-Napolitano chat; what might we learn?
but you do
Posted by: Social_Misfit | Apr 21 2025 0:53 utc | 80
seriously man .. think.. Canada.. you do know “canada” has a federal election in EIGHT DAYS but I be all Trump love eh? lol
To think you know anything about me or how I think is pretending …
I have my own country to worry about with the fking Liberals .. Trump is not even in the running ..
try and focus bro …
pie pitching bullshit at best
Posted by: Carrion | Apr 21 2025 1:05 utc | 82
“…first off , I’m canadian .. and could care less what trump does ..”
Posted by: Carrion | Apr 21 2025 0:43 utc | 78
That is even more pathetic. A Canadian yelling “TDS!” at everyone who criticices Trump. Sounds a lot like Canuck.
Of course you care a lot about Trump. And just for pedantic purposes, the phrase should be “couldn’t care less”, not “could care less”.
Posted by: Spectator | Apr 21 2025 1:11 utc | 83
Posted by: Brilliant Hedgehog | Apr 21 2025 1:07 utc | 84
yeah imagine that, and it will stay there happy easter asshole
Posted by: Macpott | Apr 21 2025 1:15 utc | 84
Imagine claiming to be the 2nd strongest military on earth and using donkeys for logistics in a war on your border. – Brilliant Hedgehog | 84
Better than the robot dogs some have been trying to build for ginormous $$$.
Posted by: persiflo | Apr 21 2025 1:33 utc | 85
Easy bits first, Nukes.
Give it a rest, France and UK have no reply for Oreshnik. Game over.
Peter AU, here’s a toast to you wherever you are. I’d like to imagine Xi pulling the rug on Boeing would have amuse you no end.
Now, William Gruff’s post @ 40
The Koke Fuhrer has no say, only a part to play with rehearsed scripts.
His script writers are from UK. This is where it may get complicated.
UK has 2 wild cards to play. Zelensky and Zeluzhnyi.
Zelensky’s role is to try and keep the war running and create ideal situation for bringing in the “peacekeepers”.
If and when this plan fails, Zeluzhnyi comes into play as leader of the government in exile and “freedom fighters” fighting an insurgency at “home”.
The only clueless ones here are Trump and his administration. To be fair, this could be because of the competing factions within his team.
Posted by: Suresh | Apr 21 2025 1:33 utc | 86
Of course you care a lot about Trump. And just for pedantic purposes, the phrase should be “couldn’t care less”, not “could care less”.
Posted by: Spectator | Apr 21 2025 1:11 utc | 85
man .. grammer police lol. i’ll talk as I feel .. don’t care if it gives you the vapours ..
as far as “pedantic purposes” that you brought up … Lets break that down ..
“Pedantic purposes” refers to actions, behavior, or writing that is excessively focused on minor details, formal rules, or showing off knowledge, often in a way that’s perceived as annoying or irrelevant.
i think that is a little more about you than I ..
in the end .. you’re a thread jacker will little to offer but guesses on what others think. and like the good leftist , toss in and trash some random person you have issues with .. (Canuck)..
but every canadian looks the same EH !!! lol.
Posted by: Carrion | Apr 21 2025 1:44 utc | 87
@ Brilliant Hedgehog
The funniest thing about these kind of comments is they can only refer to one thing at a time, however long ago it happened. This is the most documented war in the history of humankind and these idiots can only find about four things total to bring up as their attempted mockery. In more than three years.
There are so many actual issues within AFRF structure and that’s all they are capable of recognizing. It’s almost like they are simply repeating after some other idiot’s comment, for years.
Posted by: boneless | Apr 21 2025 1:50 utc | 88
“…and like the good leftist , toss in and trash some random person you have issues with .. (Canuck)..”
Posted by: Carrion | Apr 21 2025 1:44 utc | 90
I’m not a “leftist” or a “marxist” or whatever other names you ZeroHedgers call people who do not worship at the feet and anus of Donald Trump. Nice try though.
Canuck is on record here for being a hard-core Trump supporter. He won’t deny it.
Posted by: Spectator | Apr 21 2025 1:55 utc | 89
Posted by: Social_Misfit | Apr 20 2025 23:11 utc | 64
Thanks for that. While obviously it was said by Trump in semi jest it does reinforce my view of how Trump (and most of the Republicans influenced by Kissinger) think.
The reality is that wise old fiends like Kissinger and Brezinski knew that the best way forward for the USA was to set China and Russia against one another. This is pretty obvious, but they differed as to the best approach. Now Kissinger thought it best to befriend Russia and fight China (the Trump approach) while Russophobes,influenced by Poles like Brezinski and also by the much better financial gains for the oligarchy, preferred to attack Russia first.
Essentially that is what this is all about. However Trump is slowly realising that Russia and China cannot be split, nor Russia and Iran.
Now Trump and the USA more widely from both sides of the house are being forced to face reality. If Trump wants to weaken China he must do it despite Russia, rather than with assistance from Russia. The best he can hope for is Russian semi neutrality.
On the balance of probabilities I think Trump will pull out of Ukraine and even Europe, possibly passing stuff over to UK and France. Firstly he needs money and fast. It is probable that US armament stock are under stocked and will take time and cash to replenish. Pulling forces and arms out of the wasteful attrition war in Ukraine seems a logical step.
Also on the balance of probabilities I think this strategy will not work. It is 5-15 years too late. China is probably now too strong to overwhelm.
We live in interesting and very dangerous times.
Posted by: watcher | Apr 21 2025 2:09 utc | 90
“On the balance of probabilities I think Trump will pull out of Ukraine and even Europe…”
Posted by: watcher | Apr 21 2025 2:09 utc | 94
Want to make a bet? Not a money bet, but just a gentleman’s bet. Trump will do no such thing.
Posted by: Spectator | Apr 21 2025 2:20 utc | 91
“That is because every second word here is “Ukraine is defeated”.”
Posted by: vargas | Apr 20 2025 22:50 utc | 62
To tell you the truth, it also bugs me when I see people stating that nonsense with such confidence. It isn’t “over” and the war isn’t yet won. It is like they haven’t paid any attention to history. In WWII, US didn’t even enter the fight “officially” until 1942, more than three years after the war began and after the other combatants had already spent so much human and industrial resources.
Posted by: Spectator | Apr 21 2025 2:30 utc | 93
When male lions fight each other they go for backbone as kill shot. Odessa is the backbone of Ukraine/nato. Take it and it is all over. Brits and French know it and hence the scrambling. Partisans unknown component here. Their weaponry,motivation,leadership,organisation, whether Russian special forces already in organising and making way, all crucial for the Odessa taking. When the time is ripe it can even start as a small spark, for example like an agitation against recruiter’s brutality. In the fire and mass mayhem that follow Russia go in for the kill
Liberal Party of Canada has released their costed platform entitled ‘Unite, Secure, Protect, Build’ committing $18 billion on spending for national defence, putting Canada on track to exceed our NATO target.
That includes advancing Canada’s involvement in the ‘ReArm Europe Plan in support of transatlantic security.’
Canucklheads are now on course to elect an ex Goldman Sachs sr partner and Bilderberger central bankster, Knight of Malta, Chatham House alumnus, Davos guy Mark Carneyvorous to broker his biggest sellout yet.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 21 2025 3:49 utc | 95
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 21 2025 3:49 utc | 99
You post a lot of Canada-focused things. Canada is your top priority. To me, it is funny to see people focusing so much on one western nation-state or the other rather than looking at the big picture of global finance. Let’s face it though, Canada has only 10% of the population of the US. Australia is also something like that. New Zealand has the population of a middling US state, something like Minnesota.
Posted by: Spectator | Apr 21 2025 4:02 utc | 96
Very sorry to hear that Peter AU has passed on. I admired the work he did on bioweapons, and I always read his posts. I came to understand that he was quite ill, so I tended to forgive his rants, as I have had some experience with chronic pain and serious illness.
It is a real loss.
Posted by: Perimetr | Apr 21 2025 4:12 utc | 97
Miller & Berletic On Gonzalo Lira (& vid)
https://x.com/johnnyjmils/status/1913986668027068603
“So much has been written about Gonzalo Lira. By people who never knew him.
I wanted to set the record straight by talking to someone who got to know him well in his final months.
Interview with the brilliant American analyst Brian Berletic.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 21 2025 4:14 utc | 98
all the best
Social_Misfit
Posted by: Social_Misfit | Apr 20 2025 23:11 utc | 64
Thanks for the two links to Trump’s comments about bombing the Chinese, but you can’t believe the Guardian story because the British press seem incapable of telling the truth. Not sure what reputation the Washington Post has
Posted by: Paranaense | Apr 21 2025 4:22 utc | 99
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 21 2025 0:25 utc | 75
“Maybe there is an obscure saint the Europeans can commemorate for 30 hours-? Just long enough for the Brits & the French to wade across the Danube-?”
Wikipedia suggests a good option, “Among some Roman Catholics, Jude is venerated as the “patron saint of hopeless causes”.
Posted by: Paranaense | Apr 21 2025 4:34 utc | 100