"Why they continue to hold back on launching a full attack eludes me, but it almost certainly has to do with some sort of back and forth going on with Washington jerking on their chain." - Given how miserably the first counterattack failed, i think they are just choosing not to attempt any breakthroughs. they have too few reserves to try to force a breakthrough at a spot that already has attention from Russian artillery. Pretty funny seeing them throw themselves at Kursk over and over again like 1943 instead of trying to find a different unprepared part of the front to hit.
2023 when they kept ramming reserves into the minefields and dragons teeth to try to push thru. They seem unwilling to keep pushing against resistance at all here.
But the second push in Kursk launched to a lot of fanfare and went on for days, and went nowhere after running into more fiber optic drones. There they either got chewed up on the attack or it was a feint to spoil Russian attacks and the losses are coming on defense. Either way Ukraine is going to keep incrementally losing bits of Kursk until they're fully ejected. It really does look like Russia can win a war of attrition as long as it can keep artillery firing, even if Putin isn't trying to win. I don't know why Ukraine keeps pushing in Kursk where Russians are ready and waiting instead of making breakthroughs in other directions.
I have read a report explaining that Russian soldiers have started to use donkeys in the Donbass. Unlike vehicles they are invisible to radars hence the logistic lines are safer. They also eat grass hence no need for petroleum. I do not know whether this is NAFO propaganda or real but I find it fascinating.
Could it get any worse?! - Just Operation Barbarosa qualifies as an Equine holocaust -- German horse deaths were well in to six figures. My guess is that sufficiently sensitive radar - certainly drones - can detect the movements of donkeys (and whatever they are pulling); could be the scarcity of motor transport and fuel gets Russian troops scouring the countryside for work animals.
The genuine admiration (kinship?) displayed in face to face meetings with Heinz Kissinger is still a big ? for me.
But, who really knows? He may have had a Come to Jesus moment. Allegiances can shift. I think they all have so much dirt on each other that there will not be any big exposes.
We are about to the enter the final era of resource shortages which alters the calculus. That is if the UV or Arctic methane don't get us first. The Arctic ice is in uncharted territory, but even though world ice is at a record low there are those who deny climate change.
The momentum is with Russia and its steady territorial gains. It will be obvious to the military if they are sabotaged.
If push comes to shove will the military obey Putin? As I understand it Putin is juggling the interested parties and is not acting as an absolute dictator.
Some deal will be made eventually to resolve the conflict. UK peacekeepers doesn't seem likely to be palatable (at all) to Russia.
I don't have the time to sus out what is really happening but there are fulltime ppl on YT that look at ALL sources and you can bet they keep an eye on each other as they are competing for the discerning follower. So a rough rule of thumb that I find tolerable as a guide to veracity.
Partisan supporters for each side give themselves away, almost with every sentence they utter.
"We are about to the enter the final era of resource shortages which alters the calculus. That is if the UV or Arctic methane don't get us first. The Arctic ice is in uncharted territory, but even though world ice is at a record low there are those who deny climate change."
LOL. Denying climate change is like denying that light changes depending on the time of day. It occurs, but the question is, does human activity drive climate change and is the climate change necessarily bad? In fact, the climate has changed radically throughout the history of Earth and we're in a mildly warming period of a general ice age right now. The shifting ocean currents affect the Arctic and Antarctic ice far more than the Carbon Dioxide that humans have contributed to the atmosphere.
"The United States and Canada must immediately cease all their fossil fuel extraction and go entirely onto renewable energy in the next 10 to 15 years otherwise they will be guilty of planetary ecocide - genocide by the 2050's.
Only a total change in the United States administration from the present, non - democratic, fossil - fuel corporation - bank controlled oligarchic system to an environmentally friendly government, bent on massive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and complete replacement of all energy systems by renewable energy might cool the Gulf Stream down sufficiently to save us.
The problem is the absolute greed for profit in the fossil fuel industry and capitalist system and complete addiction to oil by the consumers..."
In the seventies they were telling people that an ice age was coming soon. Eventually that morphed into human caused global warming. Maybe the people in the seventies were being too honest with us for the PTB's comfort. It would also explain the frantic building of underground cities and bases for a "nuclear threat".
Yes, and global warming has been rebranded as "climate change", which allows for fluctuations in temp + or - in the real world to be explained away as part of the "change" dynamic.
Any flood, any drought, any forest/bush fire, any cyclone/tornado/typhoon etc., any natural phenomenon that has some observable impact can be explained and blamed on the catchy term "climate change". It's a brilliant marketing strategy.
The real goal of communist Putin is to reinstall Yakonovych, conduct the Red Purge 2.0 against Dnipro Mafia, genocide white Slavs in Ukraine for Chinese/Vietnamese/North Korean/Muslims/Asian immigration, and prepare Ukraine to join Union State with Belarus.
Idiots don't realize on how Russian communists collaborated with Western communists under Obama to prepare Ukraine rejoining the Neo-Soviet Union. However, Ukrainian elites (who are still communist agents) don't like the fact and revolted against both Obama and Putin. So the Maidan coup was initiated by the rebellious Ukrainian elites, while Putin-Obama used this opportunity to reshuffle and genocide the Ukrainian population. Keep in mind that Ukraine was the birth place of Anatoliy Golitsyn who revealed the greatest conspiracy of all times that brought down most powerful men in the West who worked for communism like Kim Philby.
Russia and global communists can't start to implement their agenda on the world when Ukrainians like Golitsyn can arise out of nowhere.
If it was the US plan to reunite Ukraine with Russia, then why did the US State Department and "Peaches" Victoria Nuland support the coup against Yanukovych? By most accounts, Yanukovich was trying to achieve a more neutral stance between Russia and the West, which was unacceptable to the State Department neocons.
That may very well describe Soviet operation, but the Maidan coup was initiated by the US in response to a decision by Yanukovich to conduct relations with Russia in addition to maintaining good relations with the US. So, US doctrine is not necessarily described by the history of The Trust. Anyway, the history of US State Department operations in Ukraine make it very unlikely that the US would support a union of Ukraine with Russia.
"Why they continue to hold back on launching a full attack eludes me, but it almost certainly has to do with some sort of back and forth going on with Washington jerking on their chain." - Given how miserably the first counterattack failed, i think they are just choosing not to attempt any breakthroughs. they have too few reserves to try to force a breakthrough at a spot that already has attention from Russian artillery. Pretty funny seeing them throw themselves at Kursk over and over again like 1943 instead of trying to find a different unprepared part of the front to hit.
what miserable attack are you referring to?
did they even lose 200 men the last time they poked and prodded in kursk?
2023 when they kept ramming reserves into the minefields and dragons teeth to try to push thru. They seem unwilling to keep pushing against resistance at all here.
But the second push in Kursk launched to a lot of fanfare and went on for days, and went nowhere after running into more fiber optic drones. There they either got chewed up on the attack or it was a feint to spoil Russian attacks and the losses are coming on defense. Either way Ukraine is going to keep incrementally losing bits of Kursk until they're fully ejected. It really does look like Russia can win a war of attrition as long as it can keep artillery firing, even if Putin isn't trying to win. I don't know why Ukraine keeps pushing in Kursk where Russians are ready and waiting instead of making breakthroughs in other directions.
BRICS scores another win for 5d chess !
- Panama formally exits China’s Belt and Road Initiative as US claims ‘victory’ in decision -
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3297689/panama-pulls-out-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-president-mulino-says
I have read a report explaining that Russian soldiers have started to use donkeys in the Donbass. Unlike vehicles they are invisible to radars hence the logistic lines are safer. They also eat grass hence no need for petroleum. I do not know whether this is NAFO propaganda or real but I find it fascinating.
Could it get any worse?! - Just Operation Barbarosa qualifies as an Equine holocaust -- German horse deaths were well in to six figures. My guess is that sufficiently sensitive radar - certainly drones - can detect the movements of donkeys (and whatever they are pulling); could be the scarcity of motor transport and fuel gets Russian troops scouring the countryside for work animals.
The genuine admiration (kinship?) displayed in face to face meetings with Heinz Kissinger is still a big ? for me.
But, who really knows? He may have had a Come to Jesus moment. Allegiances can shift. I think they all have so much dirt on each other that there will not be any big exposes.
We are about to the enter the final era of resource shortages which alters the calculus. That is if the UV or Arctic methane don't get us first. The Arctic ice is in uncharted territory, but even though world ice is at a record low there are those who deny climate change.
The momentum is with Russia and its steady territorial gains. It will be obvious to the military if they are sabotaged.
If push comes to shove will the military obey Putin? As I understand it Putin is juggling the interested parties and is not acting as an absolute dictator.
Some deal will be made eventually to resolve the conflict. UK peacekeepers doesn't seem likely to be palatable (at all) to Russia.
I don't have the time to sus out what is really happening but there are fulltime ppl on YT that look at ALL sources and you can bet they keep an eye on each other as they are competing for the discerning follower. So a rough rule of thumb that I find tolerable as a guide to veracity.
Partisan supporters for each side give themselves away, almost with every sentence they utter.
I look at these Ytubers:
https://www.youtube.com/@DPA-War
https://www.youtube.com/@Theti
https://www.youtube.com/@WeebUnionWU
https://www.youtube.com/@therealVOR
https://www.youtube.com/@DanielDavisDeepDive
https://www.youtube.com/@willyOAM
https://www.youtube.com/@militarysummary
https://www.youtube.com/@Sebastian_Sas
https://www.youtube.com/@emilcosman90
Twitter
https://x.com/vick55top/with_replies (realistic, I think)
https://x.com/Zlatti_71 (Russian bias)
https://x.com/fire622263921/with_replies (pithy style)
https://x.com/EndGameWW3/with_replies (US bias)
Latest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxwlvF2OCP4
AFU Launch New Kursk Offensive Using The 47th Mechanized Brigade | RUAF Capture Dachne
Basically Ukie flash in the pan
"We are about to the enter the final era of resource shortages which alters the calculus. That is if the UV or Arctic methane don't get us first. The Arctic ice is in uncharted territory, but even though world ice is at a record low there are those who deny climate change."
LOL. Denying climate change is like denying that light changes depending on the time of day. It occurs, but the question is, does human activity drive climate change and is the climate change necessarily bad? In fact, the climate has changed radically throughout the history of Earth and we're in a mildly warming period of a general ice age right now. The shifting ocean currents affect the Arctic and Antarctic ice far more than the Carbon Dioxide that humans have contributed to the atmosphere.
https://rumble.com/v65nzdj-ian-plimer-climate-change-the-facts-2025-tom-nelson-pod-270.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/malcolmlight.html
A very rude awakening is on the way.
"The United States and Canada must immediately cease all their fossil fuel extraction and go entirely onto renewable energy in the next 10 to 15 years otherwise they will be guilty of planetary ecocide - genocide by the 2050's.
Only a total change in the United States administration from the present, non - democratic, fossil - fuel corporation - bank controlled oligarchic system to an environmentally friendly government, bent on massive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and complete replacement of all energy systems by renewable energy might cool the Gulf Stream down sufficiently to save us.
The problem is the absolute greed for profit in the fossil fuel industry and capitalist system and complete addiction to oil by the consumers..."
Right!
The Gulf Stream is eating the Arctic ice right now.
It takes 4-6 months for the summer heated waters to reach the Arctic so it will get really interesting Oct-Nov.
Look at the anomalous heat flowing into the Arctic
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs®ion=nhem&pkg=T2ma&runtime=2025020712&fh=0
https://x.com/pmagn/status/1887630406851437051
Climate Watcher 🔥
@pmagn
Is this really happening?
Shocking but It shouldn't be too surprising after 2023, 2024 & Jan 2025 #arctic
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11:32 AM · Feb 7, 2025
In the seventies they were telling people that an ice age was coming soon. Eventually that morphed into human caused global warming. Maybe the people in the seventies were being too honest with us for the PTB's comfort. It would also explain the frantic building of underground cities and bases for a "nuclear threat".
Yes, and global warming has been rebranded as "climate change", which allows for fluctuations in temp + or - in the real world to be explained away as part of the "change" dynamic.
Any flood, any drought, any forest/bush fire, any cyclone/tornado/typhoon etc., any natural phenomenon that has some observable impact can be explained and blamed on the catchy term "climate change". It's a brilliant marketing strategy.
The real goal of communist Putin is to reinstall Yakonovych, conduct the Red Purge 2.0 against Dnipro Mafia, genocide white Slavs in Ukraine for Chinese/Vietnamese/North Korean/Muslims/Asian immigration, and prepare Ukraine to join Union State with Belarus.
Idiots don't realize on how Russian communists collaborated with Western communists under Obama to prepare Ukraine rejoining the Neo-Soviet Union. However, Ukrainian elites (who are still communist agents) don't like the fact and revolted against both Obama and Putin. So the Maidan coup was initiated by the rebellious Ukrainian elites, while Putin-Obama used this opportunity to reshuffle and genocide the Ukrainian population. Keep in mind that Ukraine was the birth place of Anatoliy Golitsyn who revealed the greatest conspiracy of all times that brought down most powerful men in the West who worked for communism like Kim Philby.
Russia and global communists can't start to implement their agenda on the world when Ukrainians like Golitsyn can arise out of nowhere.
If it was the US plan to reunite Ukraine with Russia, then why did the US State Department and "Peaches" Victoria Nuland support the coup against Yanukovych? By most accounts, Yanukovich was trying to achieve a more neutral stance between Russia and the West, which was unacceptable to the State Department neocons.
See Operation Trust. Soviets operate on the dualistic mean of controlling both sides.
That may very well describe Soviet operation, but the Maidan coup was initiated by the US in response to a decision by Yanukovich to conduct relations with Russia in addition to maintaining good relations with the US. So, US doctrine is not necessarily described by the history of The Trust. Anyway, the history of US State Department operations in Ukraine make it very unlikely that the US would support a union of Ukraine with Russia.
WTF ????
- The head of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast remains the only governor in Russia not included in any sanctions list -
https://semnasem.org/news/2023/03/01/the-head-of-the-jewish-autonomous-oblast-remains-the-only-governor-in-russia-not-included-in-any-sanctions-list
How insulting. Zoroastrianism was so much better.
https://t.me/EternalMuscovite/73265
You WILL tolerate YOUR masters.
https://t.me/EternalMuscovite/73405
- "Mr. and Miss Students" were elected in Moscow. -
https://t.me/EternalMuscovite/73314
https://korybko.substack.com/p/russias-foreign-spy-agency-claims?publication_id=835783&post_id=156651873&isFreemail=true&r=o786d&triedRedirect=true