Published: 2024-08-14

Correction:

I say Kramatorsk when I mean Kupiansk, thrice in the audio. Kupiansk is north of Donetsk, in the east of the Kharkiv oblast.

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Regions of Donetsk obalst. Pokrovsk is circled.

Russian advance on the outskirts (7.5 Km from edge position) of Pokrovsk city.

NATO advance to the NNE of the initial area of the invasion of Russia in Kursk. This is a rush. Neither road to either side is controlled, meaning a logistics nightmare.

NATO advance to the SE of the initial area of invasion, with the southern arrows indicating a likely supporting advance. Again, this looks logistically fragile.

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NATO invasion of Russia reported in US on the same day as the FBI raid on Scott Ritter's home

FBI raids New York home of former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter: 'Ongoing federal investigation', Bradford Betz, Yahoo! News (repeating Fox News), 2024-08-07 14:17 PDT

Ukraine Launches Rare Cross-Border Ground Assault Into Russia, Kremlin Says, Constant Méheut, New York Times, 2024-08-07 06:48 ET

Kursk attack: This is why Zelensky felt emboldened, Sergey Poletaev, RT, 2024-08-12

* This RT article states that first reports of the invasion were on the August 6th.

Other topics

US, EU give 'blessing' to Kiev to attack Russian territory — news agency, TASS, 2024-08-13

West lining up ex-Poroshenko minister to replace Zelensky – Russian intel, RT, 2024-08-13

* Speculative, but interesting. Planning for a transition after the Big Z must be under way. This is what the SVR may think CI-6 are up to.

Putin Brings In His Ex-Bodyguard to Counter Ukrainian Incursion, Bloomberg News with Sylvia Westall, Bloomberg, 2024-08-13

Scott Ritter： Israel's Entire Future Hangs in the Balance - Russia Wiping Out Ukraine's Army [lu8QSGTRa24], Alkorshid & Ritter, Dialogue Works, 2024-08-13

* 00:57:38 start of Ukraine discussion

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: Can Diplomacy Bring Middle East Peace？ [3EJeLBX-1JI], Judging Freedom, 2024-08-13

Col. Karen Kwiatkowski: The FBI Is the Deep State [H9AHhhwDaIo], Judging Freedom, 20024-08-13

Col. Jacques Baud： Israel on the Brink of Collapse？ Ukraine's Desperate Move [Ltpw4F_SviY], Alkorshid & Baud, Dialogue Works, 2024-08-13

The Heat🔥 Ukrainian Gamble - Kursk For Pokrovsk⚔️ Epic Battles Continue. Military Summary 2024.08.13 [V_d2Iwd4COQ], Dima, Military Summary, 2024-08-13

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US Gov: Ritter, give us your passport. Now give us your electronics, YesXorNo, 2024-08-11

Scott Ritter: Character Assassination and Lawfare, YesXorNo, 2024-06-05

Amb. Charles Freeman： Ritter, Ukraine, and Israel - #ScottRitter [kKjFd09A1Lg], Judging Freedom, 2024-08-10

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The Battle of Kursk, YesXorNo, 2024-08-10

Paperclipped Nazis and Stay-behind Gladios (2008), James Corbett, republished 2023-10-21

* MP4

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"Israel used to distinguish itself by demanding that others recognize its right to exist. This is very peculiar. No other country asks about whether it has a right to exist. If it does exist, it exists. That's enough.

But what this question really meant was, if you agree Israel has the right to exist you are implicitly agreeing that the Palestinians had no right to exist, and the only state that could exist in historic Palestine was Israel. That was the implication. So, this was a way of obliquely denying Palestinian self-determination.

Over the last 10 months, the question "Does Israel have a right to exist?" has changed to "Does Israel deserve to exist?" given the way it is behaving. And I think, now, with these assassinations, that question has evolved futher. And that is, "Should the world tolerate the existence of Israel?", a state that knows of no crime that it is not prepared to commit, no international law that it is not prepared to break, or no depraved action it is unwilling to authorize."

Chas Freeman

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Israel is in a death spiral. Who will it take down with it?, Jonothan Cook, Jonothan Cook, 2024-08-07

US To Let Israel Restart Military Operations in Gaza After First Phase of Ceasefire Deal, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-08-07

Five US Troops Injured in Rocket Attack on US Base in Iraq, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-08-05

US Rejects Venezuelan Election Results, Declares Opposition Candidate the Winner, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2024-08-02

Ukraine SitRep: Incursion Towards Kursk, b., Moon of Alabama, 2024-08-07

Zionist Extortion Racket Refuses to Die, Kit Klarenberg, Global Delinquents, 2024-08-04

* Not commented upon, but a very interesting emergence of an "Anonymous" like principled ICT group targetting a Zionist doxing operation.

Amb. Chas Freeman on Scott Ritter - Is Israel on the Brink of TOTAL Defeat？!, Freeman speaks with Alkhorshid, Dialogue Works, 2024-08-07

Ray McGovern： Israel's Defeat - Russia's Response to NATO, Alkhorshid interviews McGovern, Dialogue Works, 2024-08-06

Col. Jacques Baud： Israel Hits a Wall - Russia Gears Up to Obliterate NATO'\''s Bold Moves!, Alkhorshid interviews Baud, Dialogue Works, 2024-08-06

Dr. Gilbert Doctorow： How Russia and NATO Are REWRITING the World'\''s Future - Israel is Losing Big, Alkhorshid interviews Doctorow, Dialogue Works, 2024-08-07

Mark Sleboda: NATO's Downfall & Putin's Next Move - Can Israel's Army Survive War w/ Hezbollah/Iran, Alkhorshid interviews Sleboda, Dialogue Works, 2024-08-03

Alastair Crooke : Willful Western Blindness Over Israel, Napolitano interviews Crooke, Judging Freedom, 2024-08-05

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Zionists Invite US Into Suicide Pact, YesXorNo, 2024-08-01

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Press TV on the Iran – Bahrain rapprochement, Gilbert Doctorow, Gilbert Doctorow, 2024-06-25

About Tor: What, Why, How and Who is Tor?, YesXorNo, 2022-04-09

About Tor: Refutations: Deconstructing Arguments Against Tor, YesXorNo, 2022-04-11

* This is the article for the people who say “But I use a VPN!” as a my “anonymity” solution. VPNs are commercial and are backdoored by the logs which governments force them to keep. If there is a log, you are being spied on. VPNs do provide useful properties. Anonymity isn’t one of them.

The Heat ｜ Kinzhal Strike On F16's Airfield ｜ Russians Entered New-York. Military Summary 2024.06.27

EU-Ukraine Security Agreement ｜ Flip-Flop Hypersonic Missile. Military Summary For 2024.06.27

Russia Will Bring Down The US Drones ｜ Unexpected Reinforcements. Military Summary For 2024.06.28

Rus Summons US Envoy, Retaliate Crimea Beach Strike; FAB-3000s Pound Ukr, Zelensky Sacks Top General, Alexander Mercouris, The Duran, 2024-06-25

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ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY NOBODY REMEMBERS, Patrick Armstrong, Natylie's Place: Understanding Russia, 2024-06-26

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Corrections:

* Comrade Kim Jong Un (not Il) is the political leader of the DPRK.

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West Sleepingwalking into Major Wars - Alastair Crooke, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen, The Duran, 2024-06-15

* This was also previously referenced in “Ukraine: Another Peace Offer from Russia”

The source of Alastair Crooke’s mention of Rockerfeller, the Bilderberg group, the Club of Rome etc.:

* European Mutiny at the Illiberal Order, Alastair Crooke, The Unz Review, 2024-06-14 which in turn references,

* The Dark Origins of the Davos Great Reset, William Engdahl, William Engdahl, 2022-10-22

Alastair Crooke: Europe In Mutiny, Judging Freedom, 2024-06-17

Putin Visits North Korea To Discuss Security Pact, Will Porter, Antiwar, 2024-06-18

Russia will consider dispatch of F16s to Ukraine as aggression that activates its mutual defense agreement with North Korea, Gilbert Doctorow, Gilbert Doctorow, 2024-06-19

IDF 'Approves Operational Plans for Offensive in Lebanon', Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2024-06-18

Netanyahu Demands White House Give Him Tools to 'Finish the Job' in Gaza, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2024-06-18

NATO: 500,000 Troops on High Readiness for War With Russia, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2024-06-16

The US Is Preparing For WWIII While Expanding Draft Registration, Caitlin Johnston, Caitlin's Newsletter, 2024-06-18

Couldn't Such Fake News Start Wars?, b., Moon Of Alabama, 2024-06-18

The Heat ｜ Russia Begins Oskil Offensive ｜ Yasnobrodivka Has Fallen. Military Summary For 2024.06.18

Yandex’s translation of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin’s article (from the Kremlin) published in the DPRK’s Rodong Sinmun

On the eve of the state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, I would like to share with the Korean and foreign audience of the Nodong Sinmun newspaper my thoughts on the prospects of partnership relations between our states and their importance in the modern world.

The relations of friendship and good neighborliness between Russia and the DPRK, based on the principles of equality, mutual respect and trust, date back more than seven decades and are rich in glorious historical traditions. Our peoples cherish the memory of the difficult joint struggle against Japanese militarism, honor the fallen heroes. In August 1945, Soviet soldiers, fighting shoulder to shoulder with Korean patriots, defeated the Kwantung Army, liberated the Korean Peninsula from colonizers, and opened the way for the Korean people to independent development. The symbol of the military brotherhood of the two peoples is the monument on Moranbong Hill, erected in 1946 in the center of Pyongyang in honor of the liberation of Korea by the Red Army.

The Soviet Union was the first in the world to recognize the young Democratic People's Republic of Korea, establishing diplomatic relations with it. And already on March 17, 1949, during the first visit to Moscow of the founder of the DPRK, Comrade Kim Il Sung, an agreement on economic and cultural cooperation between the USSR and the DPRK was signed, which laid the legal foundation for further strengthening bilateral cooperation. Our country helped our Korean friends to build a national economy, establish a healthcare system, develop science and education, and train professional administrative and technical personnel.

During the difficult time of the Patriotic Liberation War of 1950-1953, the Soviet Union also extended a helping hand to the people of the DPRK, supported them in the struggle for independence. And subsequently provided significant assistance in restoring and strengthening the national economy of the young Korean state, in establishing a peaceful life.

My first visit to Pyongyang in 2000 and the return visit next year of the Chairman of the State Defense Committee of the DPRK, Comrade Kim Jong Il, to Russia became important new milestones in the relations between our countries. The bilateral declarations signed at that time defined the main priorities and directions of our creative multifaceted partnership for the years ahead.

The current leader of the DPRK, Comrade Kim Jong-un, confidently follows the course laid down by his predecessors, outstanding statesmen and friends of the Russian people, Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong-il. I was once again convinced of this during our meeting, which took place last September in Russia at the Vostochny cosmodrome.

Today, as before, Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are actively developing a multifaceted partnership. We highly appreciate the DPRK's firm support for the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, solidarity with us on key international issues, and readiness to defend common priorities and views at the United Nations. Pyongyang has been and remains our staunch like-minded and supporter, ready to resolutely resist the desire of the collective West to prevent the formation of a multipolar world order based on justice, mutual respect for sovereignty, and consideration of each other's interests.

The United States of America is struggling to impose on the world the so-called rules-based order, which, in fact, is nothing more than a global neo-colonial dictatorship based on double standards. Countries that disagree with this approach and pursue an independent policy are facing increasingly severe external pressure. The US leadership considers such a natural and legitimate desire for independence and independence as a threat to its dominance in the world.

The United States and its satellites openly declare that their goal is to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. They are doing everything to prolong and inflame the conflict in Ukraine with greater force, which they provoked themselves by supporting and organizing an armed coup in Kiev in 2014, and then the war in Donbas. At the same time, all these years, they repeatedly rejected all our attempts to peacefully resolve the situation. Russia has been and will be open to an equal dialogue on all the most difficult issues. I spoke about this again recently – during a meeting with Russian diplomats in Moscow.

At the same time, on the contrary, our opponents continue to supply the neo-Nazi Kiev regime with money, weapons and intelligence, and allow and actually encourage the use of modern Western weapons and equipment to strike at Russian territory. And most often – for deliberately peaceful purposes. They threaten to send their military contingents to Ukraine. At the same time, they are trying to exhaust our economy with new sanctions and provoke an increase in socio-political tensions within the country.

But no matter how hard they tried, all their attempts to contain and isolate Russia failed. We continue to confidently increase our economic potential, develop industry, technology, infrastructure, science, education, and culture.

It is encouraging that our Korean friends – despite years of economic pressure, provocations, blackmail and military threats from the United States – are equally effective in defending their interests. We see with what strength, dignity, and courage the people of the DPRK are fighting for their freedom, sovereignty, and national traditions. He is achieving tremendous results, real breakthroughs in strengthening the country's defense and technological, scientific, and industrial power. At the same time, the country's leadership, led by Comrade Kim Jong-un, has repeatedly expressed a desire to resolve all existing differences in peace. However, Washington, refusing to implement previously reached agreements, continuously puts forward new, increasingly stringent and obviously unacceptable demands.

Russia has always supported and will continue to support the DPRK and the heroic Korean people in their confrontation with the insidious, dangerous and aggressive enemy, in their struggle for independence, identity, and the right to choose the path of development themselves.

We are also ready to work closely together to make international relations more democratic and stable. To do this, we will develop alternative mechanisms of trade and mutual settlements beyond the control of the West, and jointly resist illegitimate unilateral restrictions. And at the same time, to build an architecture of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia.

Of course, we will develop humanitarian cooperation between our countries. There are plans to enhance academic mobility between Russian and Korean universities. To further increase mutual tourist trips, cultural, educational, youth and sports exchanges. Everything that "humanizes" communication between countries and peoples strengthens trust and mutual understanding.

I am firmly convinced that through joint efforts we will be able to bring bilateral cooperation to an even higher level, which will contribute to the development of mutually beneficial and equal cooperation between Russia and the DPRK, strengthen our sovereignty, deepen trade and economic ties, develop contacts in the humanitarian sphere and ultimately improve the well-being of citizens of the two states.

I wish good health to Comrade Kim Jong–un, and all the friendly people of the DPRK - peace and great success on the path of development.

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YesXorNo

Fiction: No buses, no trains, no milk, YesXorNo, 2024-06-04

Scott Ritter: US Government Seizes His Passport, YesXorNo, 2024-06-04

Scott Ritter: Character Assassination and Lawfare, YesXorNo, 2024-06-05

🎧 Ukraine: On the ground, YesXorNo, 2024-06-06

A Frigate and a Submarine in Havana, YesXorNo, 2024-06-07

European Union Parliamentary Elections As the Threat of Nuclear War Mounts, YesXorNo, 2024-06-09

🎧 European Parliamentary Elections: extended, YesXorNo, 2024-06-11

Antiwar

The Genocide

Israel's Smotrich Threatens To Turn West Bank Into 'Ruins' Like Gaza, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-02

Netanyahu Aide Says Biden's Ceasefire Proposal Is 'Not a Good Deal' But Insists Israel Isn't Rejecting It, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-02

Netanyahu Says Biden's Ceasefire Proposal Is 'Incomplete', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-03

Gaza Media Office Says 3,500 Palestinian Children at Risk of Starving To Death, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-03

Report: Israeli Officials Think Netanyahu Remarks Could Sabotage Ceasefire Deal, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-03

US, Israel Sign $3 Billion Deal for Israel To Receive 25 F-35 Fighter Jets, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-04

Biden: People Have 'Every Reason' To Believe Netanyahu Is Prolonging Gaza War To Stay in Power, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-04

Hamas Reiterates Call for Permanent Ceasefire and Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza for Hostage Deal, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-05

US-Provided Bombs Used in Israeli Strikes on UN School in Central Gaza, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-06

Gaza Pier Repairs Will Cost US Military at Least $22 Million, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-06

The Zionists' Other Wars

Israel Kills Two Shepherds, Wounds 16 Children in Strikes Across South Lebanon, Jason Ditz, Antiwar, 2024-06-02

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria's Aleppo, 12 Reported Killed, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-02

Israeli Drone Strikes Kill Two in Southern Lebanon, Jason Ditz, Antiwar, 2024-06-03

Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Confirms Holding Oman-Brokered Talks With US, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-03

Reports Suggest Israel Is Gearing Up for Lebanon War, Jason Ditz, Antiwar, 2024-06-04

Netanyahu: Israel Prepared for 'Very Intense' War With Lebanon, Jason Ditz, Antiwar, 2024-06-05

Israeli Ministers Call for Escalation in Gaza and Invasion of Lebanon at Provocative Flag Day March, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-05

IRGC Vows Revenge for Israel Killing Iranian Military Advisor in Syria, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-05

Israeli Soldier Killed, Nine Wounded in Lebanon Hezbollah Drone Strike, Jason Ditz, Antiwar, 2024-06-06

Other West Asia

Report: Saudis Still Slaughtering Migrants at the Yemeni Border, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-05

Iran Rejects Allegations in Latest IAEA Resolution, Jason Ditz, Antiwar, 2024-06-06

NATOstan

Stoltenberg Shrugs Off Putin's Warnings About NATO Weapons Striking Targets Inside Russia, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-02

Netanyahu Accepts Invitation To Address Joint Session of Congress, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-02

US Launches Airstrike in Somalia, Says Three ISIS Fighters Killed, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-02

NATO Developing 'Land Corridors' To Rush US Troops to Frontlines in Event of War With Russia, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-04

Trump Complains About the Israel Lobby Losing Influence on Congress, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-06

In D-Day Speech, Biden Celebrates Deaths of Russian Soldiers in Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-06

US Sanctions Georgian Officials Over Foreign Agents Law, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-06

Netanyahu Address to Congress Set for July 24th, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2024-06-07

NATO v Russia and Nuclear Provocation

Russia Warns US Close To Making 'Fatal' Miscalculation Over Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-03

Biden To Skip Switzerland Ukraine War Summit Despite Zelensky's Invitation, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-03

Kremlin: Western Troops in Ukraine Have 'No Immunity' from Russian Strikes, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-04

Ukrainian Official Says Ukraine Launched Strikes on Russian Territory With US-Provided Rocket System, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-04

US Warns Dual Citizens Will Be Stuck in Ukraine Under Mobilization Law, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-05

Republican Senator Confirms Ukrainian Strike on Russia With US Weapons, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-05

US Test Fires Two Unarmed Minuteman III Nuclear ICBMs, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-06

White House Announces $225 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2024-06-07

East Asia / China

US Marines Deploy MQ-9 Reaper Drones to the Philippines, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-06-04

Videos

Scott Ritter: On My Way to Russia I Met Big Brother., Judging Freedom, 2024-w23

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: Why the West Hates Russia, Judging Freedom, 2024-w23

Alastair Crooke: How the West Must Change, Judging Freedom, 2024-w23

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Scott Ritter and the State Dept., Judging Freedom, 2024-w23

Lebanese resistance bombards Israel's Metula military base, Dimitri Lascaris, 2024-05-29

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Rigor mortis on the Western front: a brief comment on the EU Parliament elections, Gilbert Doctorow, Gilbert Doctorow, 2024-06-10

European Union Parliamentary Elections As the Threat of Nuclear War Mounts, YesXorNo, 2024-06-09

And from the needle threaders who don’t fear the nation which is driving the war in Eurpope towards a nuclear conflict ...

5 key takeaways after far right surges in European Parliament elections, Leo Sands, The Washington Post, 2024-06-10

European Parliament Elections: Key Takeaways, Matina Stevis-Gridneff (her again), New York Times, 2024-06-10

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The Heat ｜ Global Hawk Wanted ｜ Great Successes In The Vuhledar Sector ｜ Military Summary 2024.06.04

The Heat ｜ Massive Assaults Have Restarted ｜ Zelensky Crossed The Red Line. MilitarySummary 2024.6.2

The Heat ｜ Ukraine Strengthens Kharkiv ｜ Russians Are Advancing On Donbass. MilitarySummary 2024.6.3

The Russians Reached The Western Outskirts Of Paraskoviivka. Military Summary And Analysis 2024.06.4

The Russians Tried To Attack The Sumy Region ｜ Ukrainian Counterattack ｜ Military Summary 2024.06.03

Russo-Ukrainian War: Widening the Front, Big Serge, Big Serge Thought, 2024-05-25

The sequence of destruction in any Russian response to NATO-directed attacks on its heartland, Gilbert Doctorow, Gilbert Doctorow, 2024-06-05

Should Vladimir Putin Call His Shot on a NATO Brushback Pitch?, Ron Unz, The Unz Review, 2024-06-03

Extra

🎧 Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, John Helmer June 5, 2024, Cook and Helmer, Gorilla Radio, 2024-06-05

Helmer describes the process which is occuring in Russia to respond to the provocations of NATO. How are Russia’s political decisions being sounded out is one of the key topics. Within that, some of their potential responses are presented.

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