“The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.” -Marcus Aurelius
1. April 25 2014 Ukraine airport blast: Moment of massive explosion caught on tape in Kramatorsk
2. USA: Kerry’s five most eyebrow-raising statements
(Very funny)
3. State Dept’s Psaki sharply refuses RT reporter’s question on Ukraine
4. John Kerry attacks RT during Ukraine address
5. BBC NEWS – Ukraine – Has Mariupol building been ‘liberated’?
6. Kerry accuses Russia of deception, destabilization in Ukraine
7. Secretary Kerry’s Threats and Accusations Against Russia Over Ukraine
1. Ukraine government says truce is over.
2. Russia: In Ukraine “Americans are running the show” – Lavrov
(No embed code available for above video. But can be seen @YT)
3. Odd video on the 600 US servicemen headed to Poland. For some reason.
4. Russia: Rocketry forces hold wargames near Rostov
Russian forces conducted military exercises in the south-western Rostov region near the border with Ukraine on Wednesday.
More to come. Thanks M for all the links. Please post any new material for today on Ukraine below in the comments everyone.
H/T M
anyone else think this is odd behaviour from a fuel tanker? I mean, I might expect one explosion, or possibly two if the fuel tank explodes separately for some reason from the main cargo area but this is plain weird.
OK I have to take off my tin foil hat on this one. I had the suspicion that it was covert delivery of munitions to the Ukraine front by Russian forces but I have been well and truly corrected.
Leo advises:
OK, this is how it started.
It turns out that the vehicle was an Isuzu truck, carrying gas canisters…
Many other people in the comments have added experienced observation as well
H/T M
Meanwhile,
The main synagogue in the Ukrainian city of Nikolayev reportedly was firebombed. The synagogue was empty of worshippers when it was firebombed early Saturday morning, according to the Chabad-affiliated Shturem.org website.
Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the door and window, the report said, citing Yisroel Gotlieb, son of the city’s chief rabbi, Sholom Gotlieb. A passer-by put out the fires with a fire extinguisher, according to the report.
1. Russian friendlies block Ukraine military vehicles
2. What can White House do in Ukraine?
3. CNN: White House Adopting More ‘Agressive’ Approach to Ukraine Crisis
4. Ukraine: Ukrainian military lay down arms in Kramatorsk
I have to deal with other matters for a few hours.
Please feel free to post videos and reasonably respectable news articles to the comments of this post for all things Ukrainian and Russian and please everyone check the comments. We have some really excellent news-hunters here who regularly post updated materials from multiple sources on an event which may be too serious to just wait till I can triage the materials I have.
Later I will certainly create posts with what materials I can, and have time to determine their veracity. But meanwhile consider this post’s content to actually be in the comments.
Thank you all, readers and contributors.
Eeyore for Vlad.
The Latest on the Mexican crisis, from Reuters:
EDINBURG, Mexico (Reuters) March 6, 2022 — Edinburg’s legislature voted to join Texas on Thursday and its Washington-backed government set a referendum within 10 days on the decision in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over Tamaulipas state in Mexico.
The Edinburg region of Texas — which was ceded to Mexico in 2016 by then-President Barack Obama to satisfy domestic political pressures — consists on the former counties of Webb, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Starr, Hidalgo, Willacy, and Cameron. The region is now part of Tamaulipas state.
The sudden acceleration of moves to bring Edinburg, which has an Anglo majority and has effectively been seized by Texan forces, formally under Austin’s rule came as UN leaders gathered for an emergency summit to find ways to pressure Texas to back down.
Russian President Vladimir Putin took steps to punish those involved in threatening the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Mexico, ordering the freezing of their Russian assets and a ban on travel into Russia.
The Russian Navy announced a guided-missile destroyer, the Archangel, was heading to the Gulf of Mexico in what it said was a long-planned training exercise and not a show of force.
The Edinburger legislature voted unanimously “to enter into the Republic of Texas with the rights of a citizen of the Republic of Texas”.
The vice-governor of Edinburg, home to Texas’ Gulf of Mexico military base in Port Isabel, said a referendum on the status would take place on March 16. He said all state property would be “nationalized”, the U.S. dollar could be adopted and Mexican troops would be treated as occupiers and be forced to surrender or leave.
The announcement, which diplomats said could not have been made without U.S. President Rand Paul’s approval, raised the stakes in the most serious east-west confrontation since the beginning of the Great Collapse.
(It’s still not as bad as CBC or BBC or MSNBC except they are more Soviet style propaganda than Russian)
Please take note. This is a bunch of links that seem authentic to me from what I can tell at the moment. But this is what you might call, ‘The Fog of Propaganda’ and its quite difficult to make sense out of some things.
1. ‘Leaked call’ that indicates the EU was aware of Western friendly efforts to set up snipers to randomly kill people from roof tops.
I am told the above is very reliable. It’s offically confirmed by the Estonian FM who is speaking. He ‘regrets the leak’, but not the fact that the Union is supporting the forces of violence.
DPP is already demanding an official investigation.
2. VICE NEWS – Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine (Dispatch)
I will post more items here as they appear. Also related links may appear in the comments. I would recommend checking the comments under this post periodically.
Image 1 of 2
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, centre, accompanied by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, front left, walks to watch military exercises upon his arrival at the Kirillovsky firing ground
17.15 BREAKING: Our man in Moscow Howard Amos says that the Russian government has denied reports of an ultimatum issued to the Ukraine:
The Russian Defense Ministry has dismissed claims that an ultimatum to surrender has been issued to Ukrainian armed forces in Crimea.
A Defense Ministry spokesperson described the reports of an ultimatum as “complete nonsense,” according to Russian business daily Vedomosti.
17.09 According to Reuters, the White House has said it will no longer send a presidential delegation to the Paralympic Games in Sochi in protest at the situation in Ukraine.
More Russian troops arrive in Ukraine
Obama scolds Russia that it is “on the wrong side of history” and its “violating international law”
Comments and observations please.
H/T Gaia