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Sergey Poletaev: The West knows Ukraine’s counteroffensive is failing. So what’s plan B?
Will the US-led bloc try to turn Ukraine into a Cold War-style ‘frontier’ state or is there something else in the works?
The failure of their proxy war bet is now motivating Western figures to consider negotiating a ceasefire in Ukraine with Russia, on the line of the current status quo and without firm political commitments. This would transform the conflict into a classic Cold War format.
The West will try to impose these negotiations from a position of strength, while Moscow’s willingness to engage will depend on our successes or failures on the battlefield in the coming months.
Ukrainian counteroffensive to fold in 6-7 weeks, US administration thinks
According to the report, one viewpoint is that "Ukraine’s army, having thrown in most of its reserves prior to breaking the second line of Russia’s defenses, and taking heavy casualties attempting to breach it, is unlikely to get far"
LONDON, September 7. /TASS/. The Biden administration thinks that Ukraine’s counteroffensive will stop in about 6-7 weeks, the Economist said citing its source.
According to the article, "there are private disagreements over how much progress can be made in that time." One viewpoint is that "Ukraine’s army, having thrown in most of its reserves prior to breaking the second line [of Russia’s defenses - TASS], and taking heavy casualties attempting to breach it, is unlikely to get far." "If you look at the battlefield in five years’ time, it could look broadly similar," the article quoted a senior American intelligence official as saying.
West blocked sovereign Russian assets worth $280 bln — US Treasury Department
According to the document, the task force has completed its “initial effort to map and account for Russian sovereign assets that are immobilized and held in REPO member jurisdictions”
WASHINGTON, September 8. /TASS/. The REPO (Russian Elites, Proxies and Oligarchs) task force, set up to search and freeze Russia-related assets, estimates the overall value of sovereign Russian assets, blocked by the West, at $280 bln.
“The total value of assets <…> is estimated at around $280 billion, the majority of which is held in the European Union,” the US Department of the Treasury said in a statement about a REPO meeting.
Kiev’s new defense chief investigated for abuse of power – media
Ukraine’s anti-corruption court reportedly ordered launch of a criminal case against Rustem Umerov and his now-former deputies
Ukraine’s newly-appointed Defense Minister Rustem Umerov is under investigation by the nation’s anti-corruption bureau for alleged crimes in his previous position, according to local media. In late August, the High Anti-Corruption Court (VAKS) reportedly ordered the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) to look into complaints against Umerov and two of his now-former deputies in the State Property Fund (FGIU), the agency that he led before taking over the military portfolio earlier this week.
Moscow responds to Pentagon sending uranium ammo to Kiev
Washington will have to answer for the consequences of using such munitions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warns
The Pentagon’s delivery of depleted uranium (DU) projectiles to Ukraine will have dire consequences for future generations, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said. His comments came after Washington announced the delivery of an unspecified number of 120mm DU rounds to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package.
“This is very bad news,” Peskov explained during a press conference on Thursday, noting that the use of such munitions in Yugoslavia in the past has led to “galloping” increases in the number of people suffering from cancer and other diseases, which has been confirmed by international organizations.
G20 Summit: Europe Rejects Delhi Declaration Draft Over Ukraine
European Union Officials have said that the current draft of the Delhi Declaration "doesn't go far enough" on Ukraine. Reports say, G7 and the EU have refused to accept the draft. China and Russia maintain that the G20 is not a forum to discuss "political issues".
North Korea Launches New 'Tactical Nuclear Attack Submarine'
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - North Korea launched a new "tactical nuclear attack submarine," capable of launching an underwater nuclear attack to strengthen Pyongyang's nuclear deterrence.
Citing state-run KCNA, South Korean reports indicated the launching ceremony for the submarine was held Wednesday and was attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Pentagon Reveals US Repositioning Troops in Niger to Agadez Airbase as Precaution
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States is repositioning troops and assets in Niger from one airbase to another, but its general force posture in the region has not changed, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Thursday.
"What we're doing right now is the department is repositioning some of our personnel and some of our assets from airbase in Niamey to airbase in Agadez," Singh said during a briefing.
Is Benjamin Netanyahu an obstacle to political stability in Israel? - poll
Israel's coalition would win more seats under ministers Gallant and Barkat rather than the prime minister, a new Maariv election poll found.
Israel's coalition would be more stable if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not heading it, Maariv found in a new election poll published on Friday.
The coalition's number of seats in the Knesset would grow if Defense Minister Yoav Gallant or Economy Minister Nir Barkat, two Likud members seen as potential successors to Netanyahu, were to replace him as prime minister, the poll found.
US: 'Broad understandings' between Israel and Saudis on peace deal
"Many of the elements of a pathway to normalization are now on the table. We don't have a framework, we don't have the terms ready to be signed. There is still work to do," Sullivan said.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday that US, Israeli, and Saudi leaders have put many of the elements of a pathway to normalization on the table but there is still much work to do.
Sullivan spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One as President Joe Biden flew to India to attend a G20 summit. "Many of the elements of a pathway to normalization are now on the table. We don't have a framework, we don't have the terms ready to be signed. There is still work to do," Sullivan said.
HERE WE GO AGAIN: World Health Organization just sounded major alarm over ‘concerning’ Covid wave coming this winter as deaths soar
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of “concerning trends” for COVID-19 ahead of winter as a dangerous new strain runs rampant across the Northern Hemisphere.
The UN health agency estimates that hundreds of thousands of people around the world are currently hospitalized with the virus. However, the true number could be much higher because many countries have stopped reporting Covid data. “We continue to see concerning trends for COVID-19 ahead of the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told an online press conference.
These Schools Across the US Have Brought Back Mask Mandates
Amid a small increase in COVID-19 hospital admissions in recent days, a handful of schools and colleges across the United States have re-imposed mask mandates—or at least started recommending them.
In the most recent example, a school in Montgomery County, Maryland, announced it would mandate masking for at least 10 days after three students tested positive for the virus in one classroom. The masking rule applies to students, teachers, and other staff in the classroom, it said.
CDC Warns RSV Cases Are Rising Among Infants, Babies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning physicians and caregivers about an increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases across some parts of the Southeastern United States in recent weeks.
In a Sept. 5 health advisory, the health agency said the rise in cases suggests a “continued shift toward seasonal RSV trends observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“Historically, such regional increases have predicted the beginning of RSV season nationally, with increased RSV activity spreading north and west over the following 2–3 months,” the CDC said.
Baby boy's dark-brown eyes turn bright BLUE overnight after being given a COVID treatment
A six-month-old boy prescribed an antiviral drug to treat Covid had a bizarre reaction - his dark brown eyes turned a bright blue.
The unnamed infant from Thailand was given favipiravir, a treatment commonly used for influenza and Ebola, which was used as a Covid therapy in parts of Asia and Europe during the pandemic but was never approved in the US.
Doctors in Bangkok who treated the infant said the antiviral drug released a fluorescent chemical that accumulated in the boy's corneas.
Category 4 and Strengthening: Hurricane Lee DOUBLES Wind Speed in One Day!
Hurricane "Lee" churning in the Atlantic Ocean, nearly DOUBLED its maximum sustained winds in only ONE DAY, going from 70MPH on Wednesday, to 130 MPH at 5:00 PM Thursday. The storm is tracking west, northwest in the central Atlantic Ocean.
Earlier Thursday, Lee developed a clear "eye" in the center of the storm, a sign that rapid strengthening is happening and continuing. Thankfully, Lee is not yet threatening any land. That will change.
Outrageous! Border Patrol Agent Reveals Biden Regime Gives $2,200 of Taxpayer Money Per Illegal Immigrant Family, Plus a Plane Ticket, Housing, Food, Free Medical Services (VIDEO)
In a shocking revelation, Todd Bensman, the Center’s Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow, has reported that the Biden regime is allocating a staggering $2,200 “per month” to illegal immigrant families (1 parent & 1 child) through phony asylum for the cost of living expenses. This comes at a time when the average American on Social Security receives just $1,400 per month and Maui survivors with only $700.
Bensman said that it appears these illegal immigrants may not be subjected to asylum interviews anymore. They are being released to the United States.
Biden Launches Nationwide Workforce Initiative — for Illegal Aliens
President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a nationwide workforce initiative that seeks to funnel millions of border crossers and illegal aliens into United States jobs — even as the labor force participation rate for Americans continues to decline.
On Wednesday, Biden’s DHS announced “a first-of-its-kind national campaign” to make millions of border crossers and illegal aliens, who have been released into the U.S. interior, aware that they are eligible for work permits to take American jobs.
Woke Bill Gates Foundation Becomes One Of Anheuser-Busch's Top Shareholders
A new Form 13F filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that one of the 'wokest' billionaires has put his stamp of approval on one of the wokest beers in America.
The filing showed the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust bought 1.7 million shares of Anheuser-Busch, valued at around $95 million, signaling Gates has confidence in the beer company that imploded its Bud Light brand after a disastrous advertising campaign in April with transgender TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Your car is spying on you: And guess where much of your most personal information ends up
All car companies prevent car owners from accessing or deleting the personal data collected by their car's computer chips while more than half sell your data to third parties, or give it away for free
UK gov’t tracks journalists who make freedom of information requests: report
'Ministry of Justice officials have compiled background profiles on journalists that make freedom of information requests, as well as apparently giving press officers and Conservative political appointees input on whether disclosures can be made,' The Times reports.
(Reclaim The Net) — It is by now no surprise to learn that some facts about government, and associated agency decisions, especially controversial ones, do get revealed to citizens thanks to various, varying from country to country, Freedom of Information, known mostly as FOIA, acts.
Trudeau censorship law to take effect by end of 2023 according to new ‘aggressive’ timeline
Canadians are already being blocked from viewing news on Facebook and Instagram but that could be extended to Google by the end of this year.
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — The Trudeau government’s Online News Act, which has resulted in Canadians being blocked from viewing and sharing news on Facebook and Instagram, is set to take effect this year, according to a newly released timeline. On September 2, the Department of Canadian Heritage announced that Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act, will take effect December 19, 2023, and the consultation period has been reduced to only 30 days, from September 2 to October 2.
Investigation Confirms Infamous U.S. Army False Flag Manual Is Authentic
(CAM) Criminal trials and investigations in Europe confirmed that top-secret “Supplement B” to U.S. Army Field Manual 30-31, contrary to the U.S. government’s oft-repeated denials, was indeed an authentic document.
FM 30-31B first surfaced in Europe in the 1970s and was long suspected to be used by U.S. and host countries’ intelligence as operational guidance for violent anti-Communist destabilization, including acts of terrorism.
Welcome To The Real Estate Industry Apocalypse
Higher interest rates are absolutely strangling the real estate industry, and there is no relief in sight. The sudden shift from a very low interest rate environment to a much higher interest rate environment has paralyzed sales. As I have discussed previously, very few homeowners who are currently locked into a mortgage at a low interest rate want to sell, because buying a home to replace the one that they are selling would mean taking on a mortgage at a much higher rate of interest. And millions of potential home buyers have been chased out of the market because of the exceedingly high mortgage payments that they would be facing if they pulled the trigger on a purchase right now. So sales of previously owned homes have dropped by more than 32 percent over the past two years. In other words, about a third of the entire previously-owned home market has already been wiped out.
Household ‘environmental sensors’ as the ultimate panoptic tool
All vestiges of privacy will vanish completely once intrusive health surveillance sensors are mandated in households.
This is how they will CONTROL all of us, they just told us
Doesn’t it seem to you like our lives are pawns in a game of politics? It seems that way to me, especially when you are tossed around as a consumer between inflation, high interest rates, and increasingly draconian rules in our social contracts with our government. Carol Roth says that this is intentional because it will hand power to global elites. She makes this case in her new book, “You Will Own Nothing.” She joins us on Redacted today.
Even if there is a cease fire in Ukraine, does anyone think that will stop the corruption? Then we will have to Build Back Better, and bringing in 100's of of 'approved' contractors under the current regime seems like it would only increase the avenues of shady payoffs. At this point, its win-win for the future Biden (or Newsome) administration.
Global Genocide is real , look what they are trying to sell , blue zones but really 15 min cities . On the graph Lioness , Singapore is near the top !! https://fortune.com/well/2023/08/29/singapore-sixth-blue-zone-longevity-secrets-dan-buettner/