Russia-Ukraine War 2022 [Day by Day]: 08/29/22

Monday, August 29, 2022

Zelensky promises to recapture Donbass

"Zelensky said in his daily evening address on Sunday that Ukraine will recapture Donbass,
which is now almost fully seized by Russian forces.

“We have not forgotten and will not forget any of our cities and any of our people,” he said. " RT

Iraq Presidential Palace Stormed, U.S. Embassy Helicopter Evacuation

"The Iraq presidential palace was stormed by angry protestors on Monday, while the U.S.

Embassy was evacuated by helicopter in a scene reminiscent of the last days of South Vietnam.

Initial reports are that the helicopters were ordered in and the staff ordered out when rioters breached the Zone. I also saw a report that one person had been shot and killed, but no clue whether they were American, American staff, or a rioter.

That’s pretty much all we know so far about the situation at the embassy.

This marks the Biden Administration’s second humiliating bugout from an Islamic country in just over a year. 13 Americans were killed in Kabul during Biden’s botched retreat from Afghanistan on August 17. Untold hundreds of Americans and thousands of our allies remain stranded there." PJM

Russia manages to transport S-300 missiles through Bosporus from its bases in Syria

"Russia has managed to transfer missiles for the S-300 air defense complex through the
Bosporus to the Black Sea from its bases in Syria.

It is noted that Turkey has closed the Bosporus to warships, so Russia cannot transfer its warships from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea.

The merchant ship Sparta II crossed the strait.

Sparta II's destination was Novorossiysk, a Russian port and major naval base near the Kerch Bridge. Naval News writes that the S-300 missiles should strengthen the Russian "defense" near Kerch or in other areas." UkrainianNews

CIA Admits to Losing Dozens of Intelligence Assets Around the World

"Top American counterintelligence officials sent a memo that warned every CIA station
around the world about a troubling number of intelligence assets who had been killed, disappeared, or captured in recent years. The memo actually gave a specific number of agents — a highly unusual inclusion but one that demonstrates the seriousness of the situation......The large number of compromised informants in recent years also demonstrated the growing prowess of other countries in employing innovations like biometric scans, facial recognition, artificial intelligence and hacking tools to track the movements of C.I.A. officers in order to discover their sources." PJMedia

Ukrainian drone downed over nuclear plant

"Russian forces shot down a Ukrainian drone that was apparently on a mission to strike the
Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Russian military said on Monday.

The drone was shot down by small arms fire and fell on the roof of one of the buildings at the nuclear site, the Russian Defense Ministry said during a daily briefing. The building in question serves as storage for nuclear fuel and waste, it said. The crash didn’t cause any significant damage." RT

Global Markets Tumble As Central Bankers Plan To Push World Into Coordinated Recession

"Market sentiment has only deteriorated after Friday's sharp post-Powell/ECB dump, and

investors started the week with the bear market rally in tatters after the world’s biggest central banks huddled around a simple message in Jackson Hole this weekend: they are ready to fight runaway inflation with higher interest rates, even if it does some damage.

Powell quashed the idea of an early dovish Fed pivot (ensuring a much more forceful one later once all EMs fully blow up on the back of the soaring USD) and also said on Friday that the road ahead will “bring some pain to households and businesses” in the US, an “unfortunate cost of bringing down inflation” while ECB's Isabel Schnabel said she and her colleagues had “little choice” but to continue tightening even if Europe’s economy tips into recession." ZeroHedge