Monday, August 26, 2024

Russia retaliates: pretext for war in Ukraine

Mind your own business, Amercanskis. We want Western money to become like the USA

Ukrainians take shelter in a subway station in Kyiv, Ukraine (formerly Kiev, Russia), on Monday, 08/26/24. Russia hit back regions across "the Ukraine" (Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images).
The US and Israel aren't really on the side of actual Ukrainian Nazis, are we? Well, yes, but...
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Zelensky's a brave and manly LGBTQIA+.
KYIV, Ukraine — Moscow launched [a retaliatory strike of] more than 200 missiles and drones across a wide swath of Ukraine today, damaging energy facilities and sending residents of Kyiv into basements and subway shelters.

President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the retaliation as “one of the largest strikes” of the 30-month-old war.

I'm a witch, and we worship you, Vlad. - Thx.
[Pres. Zelenski: Hey, Putin, just because we sent all those drones into Moscow? C'mon, the US, EU, and IDF (Israel) put us up to it!]

The strikes occurred at a volatile time in the conflict, coming against the backdrop of Ukraine’s cross-border incursion into southern Russia — the first invasion on Russian soil since World War II. On Monday, Ukraine’s forces continued to try to advance in the region.

I represent the West/NATO,. Russia warned this would not be tolerated. It's better than peace.
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He's a desk war hero (TIME)
The offensive into the Kursk region has shifted the dynamics of the "war" after months in which Kyiv’s forces were on the defensive in Ukraine’s East [and on the offensive elsewhere, provoking the Russian bear].

The push has slowed in recent days, but Pres. Zelensky said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had advanced by one to three kilometers [into Russia] and taken control of two more settlements. It was not possible to verify the claim independently.

At the same time, Russian troops have been attacking relentlessly in Ukraine’s East, closing in on the key city of Pokrovsk and razing towns and villages with artillery barrages and glide bombs.

Commentator Jimmy Dore has a different take.
The Russian drone and missile retaliations on Monday, which began around dawn, targeted energy infrastructure in the capital, Kyiv, and in the regions of Lviv and Rivne in the West and Zaporizhzhia in the Southeast, the authorities said. [It's not all bad; the US arms dealers and war profiteers of our "military-industrial complex" are very happy with the progress.] More
  • Andrew E. Kramer and Matthew Mpoke Bigg, the paper of record The New York Times, 8/26/24; Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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