Russia launched precision attacks on Ukraine military and air bases in the Donbass Region
- 5am, Ukraine(?) Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbQVPSvGnmQ

Thompson Reuters is a Canadian 53% owned company with main office in New York city. It can be biased but I have not scrutinized their news flow. NPR and PBS focus on American news and does not have own reporters outside USA but rather just relay other news agencies stuff.
As for Russia not much is clear yet. I have seen private video clips with American made planes and very old Russian planes flying in formation above Ukrainian city . Russia does not use American planes. In an aerial combat you would not fly in formation. It's a Ukrainian army show of strength. Most likely in an response of Russian missile attack against military bases. Ukraine claims to have shot down 5 Russian planes. Could be drones or missiles as well. Nobody knows. It looks like Russia got tired of Nato poking in their nest and are now swarming like Wasps. Like Wasps they will sting anything that moves. The probable outcome of this is that other Russian enclaves around the world will be repatriated to Russia again. For those enclaves it's probably good, for Ukraine, Moldavia, Georgia etc not so good. Belarus, Turkey and China has clearly chosen side and that makes it look bad for Taiwan and Kurdistan as well. We can only hope that this doesn't spread to the Korean peninsula. If that happens we can possibly see the end of western civilization as we know it. USA and Nato is not a match against Communist and former communist countries. Yes I know Americans believes them self to be invincible but they made them self to reliable on Chinese tech and I would not be surprised that a lot of microchips will turn of in a conflict. Interesting what India will do. If they choose US side, Pakistan and Bangladesh will attack them as all other Muslim countries will join the communists. And Europe is full om Muslim men now. My suggestion is to let Russia have it's way with Ukraine. But who knows what they will tell Biden to do?

well I'm not worried. We sent V.P Harris to speak for us. We're in good hands..............
Biden is upset because his handlers wouldn't let him go home to Delaware last weekend while all this was going down.

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I’m sure all Europeans were resting a lot easier after those deep sentiments and wise words our Vice President bestowed upon them. “ looks guys, their could be war ‘ in Europe’ something they haven’t seen in 75 years. Think about it! “ oh my gosh , how did that statement Not turn Putin around and go back to Russia…. Leave some room in the ‘ Book of Famous Quotes’ for many more of the “Kamala Quotes”. LMAO.

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/biden-2019-if-im-president-putins-days-tyranny-and-trying-intimidate-us-and

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/im-only-person-field-whos-ever-gone-toe-toe-putin-dem-candidate-biden-boasted

"“Vladimir Putin doesn’t want me to be President. He doesn’t want me to be our nominee. If you’re wondering why — it’s because I’m the only person in this field who’s ever gone toe-to-toe with him.”


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Maybe Putin and Biden were slow dancing at a party when Biden went toe to toe with Putin.

Yea, he went toe to toe with Putin. Was that when him and Obama did nothing when Putin rolled into Crimea. Toe to toe means more than tough words. If every action you take is reaction than that portrays weakness. When you don’t stand up for your own citizens, that portrays weakness. When your citizens don’t have faith in your ability, that portrays weakness. That is Joe Biden. And we have 2+ years to deal with this absent minded fool. We should all plan ahead a little bit to prepare for things to get worse before better..

Indeed 77 years without war on European soil...
Such a shame as this could've been resolved peacefully. Nothing but ego, a pissing contest.

First thing I thought when I learnt it had escalated was, "When Two Tribes go to War", Frankie goes to Hollywood.

There has been war in Europe. Big one was between different old Yugoslavian members. Americans was involved and their planes was shot down. Looks like not only Biden but his speech writers all got Alzheimer's! Propaganda BS claiming this is the biggest war since WW2!
Here is a list.
1945–1949 Greek Civil War
1946–1948 Corfu Channel incident
1947–1962 Romanian anti-communist resistance movement
1953 Uprising in East Germany
1955-1959 Cyprus Emergency
1956 Uprising in Poznań
1956 Hungarian Revolution
1956–1962 Operation Harvest
1958 Opération Corse
1958 First Cod War
1959–2011 Basque conflict
1961–1967 South Tyrol insurgency
1962–1964 Jura conflict[3]
1967 Greek coup d'état
1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
1968–1998 The Troubles
1970–1984 Unrest in Italy
1972 Bugojno group
1972–1973 Second Cod War
1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus
1974 Carnation Revolution
1975–1976 Third Cod War
1975 Portuguese coup d'état attempt
1976–present Corsican Insurgency
1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt
1986 Evros River incident
1988–present Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
1988–1994 First Nagorno-Karabakh War
1988–1991 Karabakh movement
1988 Zvartnots Airport clash
1991 Operation Ring
1992 Capture of Garadaghly
1992 Battle of Shusha (1992)
1992–1993 Operation Goranboy
1992 Mardakert and Martuni Offensives
1993 Battle of Kalbajar
1993 Battle of Aghdam
1993 1993 Summer Offensives
1993–1994 Operation Horadiz
1993–1994 Operation Kalbajar
2008 Mardakert clashes
2010 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
2010 2010 Mardakert clashes
2012 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes
2014 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
2016 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
2018 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
2020 July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
2020 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
2020 Madagiz offensive
2020 Battle of Hadrut
2020 Aras Valley campaign
2020 Lachin offensive
2020 Battle of Shusha (2020)
2021–present 2021 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
1989 Romanian Revolution
1990–1991 Soviet attacks on Lithuanian border posts
1991 January Events
1991 The Barricades
1990 Log Revolution
1991–2001 Yugoslav Wars
1991 Ten-Day War
1991–1995 Croatian War of Independence
1992–1995 Bosnian War
1992–1994 Croat–Bosniak War
1998–1999 Kosovo War
April 23, 1998 April 23, 1998 Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
December 3, 1998 Albanian–Yugoslav border incident (December 1998)
December 14, 1998 December 14, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
April 3, 1999 Albania–Yugoslav border incident (April 1999)
1999–2001 Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
2001 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
1991–1992 Georgian war against Russo-Ossetian alliance
1991–1993 Georgian Civil War
1992 Transnistria War
1992 East Prigorodny Conflict
1992–1993 War in Abkhazia
1993 1993 Cherbourg incident
1993 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
1994–1996 First Chechen War
1995 1995 Azerbaijani coup d'état attempt
1995–1996 Imia/Kardak military crisis
1997–1998 Cyprus Missile Crisis
1997 Albanian civil war of 1997
1997 Operation Libelle
1997–present Dissident Irish Republican campaign
1998 Six-Day War of Abkhazia
1999 War of Dagestan
1999–2009 Second Chechen War

Go to wikipedia if you want to investigate one of the above.

From the start of his presidency Biden has vectored against Putin's Russia; rallying Europe when Europe was shrugging it off!

But first an update on the status Outside of NATO,

As United States warns the world ...
Biden falters over fabricated justification of
War on Iraq




"Trump said Putin is smart. He's taken over a country for $2 worth of sanctions.




Meanwhile:

Lithuania worried - NBC


Lithuania is a NATO member! So if there's a false flag operation ... disaster

Sweden and Finland

While Sweden has world class military technology and hi-tech army perhaps the best in Europe. It's my reading that Sweden never considered having an 'invasion force'. (Joovist is welcome to correct my perception)

Iran



Pakistan


Pakistan is economically in extreme financial distress and the visit to Russia was pre-planned months ago - for an energy package.

Former ally in Afghan war, US stopped gifting weapons after Obama left presidency. His final annual gift was 860 million in military aid.


India - Non-aligned


India is in a hard place.
JFK had before his assignation promised to deliver defense equipment to hold back China. Nixon nixed the deal. Nixon 'gifted' a 100 or so Patton tanks to Pakistan. India then signed a 20 year defense treaty with USSR. Bangladesh became independent.
Other Indo-Pak wars have fortunately been a stalemate - except for cross-border terrorism by Pak. military bypassing civilian government.


Brazil



General Petaeus' forecast - The Atlantic


Kenya


Kenya is a lead voice for Africa in UN forums.

Now for the Vect0r:
As far as I can see,
Ukraine's decades old tariff on NS - 1 pipeline (through it to Europe) & the subsequent bypass by NS - 2 pipeline leaving Ukraine with no significant revenue was the initial fault line for Russia.

As we know, Ukraine, once a granary of USSR & Europe due from large scale collective farming remained defunded by Ukraine's elitist government.

Subsequent pressure by Biden on Germany to hold off oil supply from the newly commissioned NS II - had to have consequences. This war is not limited to Russian oil; or corrupt Ukrainian politicians



As I see it, Biden's plan to lift sanctions on Iraq to replace Russian oil is now partly foiled.
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[My story] 1984, I left a good job to start off as a construction contractor. My father's company (he was the general manager) was giving out site works to labor contractors instead of heavyweights. I came home asking for his help to start off. He threw me out of the house. I left for Bombay that evening with the $200 my mother secretly gave from her kitchen fund - and survived.

My question is, why was the then Vice President not held to similar ethical standards about his son's overseas activities?

When the investigator on Burmisma Oil was dismissed ...


I hold nothing against Hunter, Trump's son-in-law or even Hillary for trying to get ahead on their relatives shoulders; but Clinton, Biden, Trump should have put their foot down. Patriotism begins from the top isn't it? Needless to say, without ethics what is patriotism?

In India, it took too long for our undereducated masses to realize and shake off the decades rule of the Gandhis. So I'm writing from a glass house. But then US Presidents have always been held at greatest esteem - outside off stupid tweets and office sex - forgiven.

I think JFK made the gravest error in appointing his brother as AG. America, the greatest democracy has now turned to be an Oligarchy. This has a ripple effect. Politicians / public in other democracies follow the US model.

Next 2 years, as the sanctions tighten, we will be on the brink of a great war. In Asia, the picture is gloomy. China has been waiting to jump in and take Taiwan. Next, Philippines and the sea in-between

Australia cannot move an inch till US delivers those nuclear powered ships - another 5 years. China has been their biggest importer for coal & minerals. India does not have nuclear ships. That leaves Japan and the Seventh Fleet to face off China.

All this, because a nail fell of a horse shoe.

No, microchips don't work that way. Especially the cheap, commodity controllers and drivers that are made in China. The high performance chips used in military hardware are US- or European-made by law, and are exactly the ones that never go to Russia, China, Pakistan, etc.. None of them "turn off" in a conflict. China could possibly design systems with "back doors" to allow special access, but that's why the US outlawed Chinese 5G hardware.

China and Russia do have powerful militaries, but their technology is over 20 years behind the US and Western Europe, in most cases.

Lastly, taking sides in this conflict won't open new wars. Russia is almost fully committed to its war with Ukraine don't don't have capacity to strike at Korea or even Finland.

And that sensitive information such as Russia is pulled thin and can't fight 2 campaigns was passed on to ....Mort
you understand estimate Russia...and China
but a blind eyed Dem would

I think Putins days are numbered. At this point Russia is losing. They haven’t taken any major cities. No major infrastructure destroyed. Even the internet is still up. Putin has underestimated Ukraine and has become a Pyuria . He has little to gain and much more to lose by attacking a peaceful nation. Russian citizens will also suffer the consequences that follow whatever the outcome with Ukraine . Sanctions will stifle their economy, pissing off many many Russians and many members of the kremlin. Very ruthless people. Loyalty is unknown amongst thugs. Putin should invest in more body guards. IMO only.

A common mistake that westerners do is that they do not understand other cultures. They project human traits even on animals! Thinking that all people behave the same. So if a westerner think that Russia will not use nuclear weapons it's based on a westerner mentality. This is very dangerous and US and EU politicians clearly have not a clue as to what they are doing. Ukrainian oligarchs and their President think they knew what they were doing but now they suffer the consequences. One would think being Slaves they should now but they were under the influence of western capitalist and advisers seeking to take over Ukraine's economic system as they have done with all western systems. Today on the news Ursula von Leyen proclaims that Ukraine will become a EU and Nato member. This is in principle a declaration of war against Russia since already many countries proclaim to want to send military supplies to Ukraine, that include Sweden who is going to send 5000 armor piercing anti tank guns according to Swedish statsminister Magdalena Andersson (a US puppet recently put there by the Biden administration!) Also a declaration of war! Sweden will need those weapons them self shortly. Our defense capabilities are very limited. We have spent the last 20 years scrapping almost everything. A couple of submarines, some planes and anti aircraft missiles and 18 years old kids with very limited training. By law all Swedish women and Men up to age of 75 must help in defense! I don't understand how a 74 year old women is going to make a difference!
In reality some rich greedy idiots who don't need more money have forced Biden to start this war. All the preparations we have seen the last two years. Covid sanctions, fuel prices increasing and climate change. Why do you think western countries have worked so hard to not to be fossil fuel dependent? It's not because of the climate but rather to have possibility to cope when Arabs and Russians turn of the supply. I wonder how the battery powered tanks will work? I said it before these economic dragons and there puppets should be arrested and put on trial before we have WW3 on our hands. Russia will not back down. Soon EU will have no more fuel making Covid a breeze before the storm and the worst crises humanity has ever seen will come. 10 years from now those western leaders will stand trial in Moscow for crimes of war, climate and humanity and be executed! Think about it Boris, Ursula, Magdalena etc. Biden is soon dead so he need not to worry. Republicans need to impeach Biden administration and declare a new election as soon as possible and put Trump in power again. No one else can solve this or prepare for a new world order to come, Moscow and Peking style.
To be honest I don't want a war but a new world order I can accept.

Yesterday February 28th 2022 I went to the police station and filed a criminal charge against many western leaders including Joe Biden and also Putin. Swedish politicians and media personalities as well. Yes it's seems totally crazy! But more crazy is that The Swedish parliament voted and have since 2022-01-01 implemented a new law called aggression crimes.
It makes it legal to prosecute individuals in political or military power in other countries and there actions against a third country. For an example the president of Voldemortstan says in media that the prime minister of Vulgarien eats little Voldemortstanian children for breakfast and we need to invade his country to stop it.
For reasons unknown Swedish politicians like to be important persons and want to police the world!The main reason for my actions is to prove that Sweden is non a democracy but is a bureaucrat dictatorship. My charge was handed to a police officer who said he will print it out tomorrow.It may or may not happen. he d then will present it to another police who is a interrogation leader. This person has the right to bin the charge. If he decides to give it to a prosecutor then the prosecutor can bin the charge. If by magic my charge will be put forward to court maybe media will take interest. I will of course send the police report if I get one that is, to some newspapers. They will not make a story of it, neither will radio or TV.
If a leader of a political party would have made this charge, that would have put the snow boll in motion but no one would do it for fear of loosing voters and USA. Sadly there is no equality in law or democracy in 99.5% of countries. From now I will be a target of the Swedish secret police and all that it means. But I don't care! The world should be a safe and prosperous place for all people, not just a few individuals who uses banks,loans and commercialism to make wage slaves out of all people.

Ha,ha. In India, constables would have waved batons and driven me off.



I think Greta Thunberg inspired the Law. Seems President of Volde (??) has turned the new Law to ridiculousness.




Nobel Prize for Peace has been a powerful tool to protect resistance leaders. Example: Aung San from the Military Junta in her country.



Can you translate / copy the charge here. It would be interesting to see how you worded it.



Media can paint you in any color. You may like to dare some friends to file similar charges in other police stations. Their friends (who you need not know) in different stations. You spark may catch fire - to some larger movement. It's happening: Canadian Truckers protest.



I don't see why secret police would be interested as yours is an open charge following legal procedure.

Your last para: So what's the alternate to Capitalism that has made Sweden a leading economic power - that you are suggesting? Socialism once again failed - as in Ukraine.

Nice write Joovisst.

Google says Sweden has a hobbyist level space program - rocket launch by students in 1961. Just curious on whether it has expanded to beyond education. (Yes, Sweden is member of ESA.)

I am thinking about Poland and how much they are helping Ukraines.

They have been nothing short of OUTSTANDING during this mess.

This country deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for what they're doing.

Putin hides family in ‘secret Siberian underground bunker’

A Russian professor has claimed Vladimir Putin has hidden his family members in an “underground city” to protect them from the unfolding conflict.

http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/putin-hides-family-in-secret-siberian-underground-bunker/news-story/2c69b05e80331b3504f7ed726be75494

I find it interesting, that we are being asked not to buy products like vodka imported from russia, that has all ready been paid for and on the shelves.

but we "the USA" are still importing around 800,000 barrels of oil from russia on a daily basis.
if we really want to hurt them economically.
wouldn't shutting off their oil money send a bigger message?
biden has chosen not to sanction russian oil, but buyers in the US trade market have.

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