Putin show: Russian strongman holds a huge rally in front of thousands of 'Z' flag-waving Russians in World Cup stadium and calls for 'a world without Nazism' hails success of Ukraine 'special operation'

"The pro-war event was held to mark the eighth anniversary of Russia's illegal annexation of
Crimea in 2014, and saw the Russian strongman talk about the success of his 'special operation' in Ukraine. The white 'Z' has become a symbol of pro-Russian nationalism since Putin launched his brutal invasion of his neighbor on February 24, as it is painted on many of Moscow's military vehicles. As his bombs continued to fall just hundreds of miles away in Ukraine, Putin boasted of Russia and Crimea's 'shared destiny', and praised the peninsula's people for voting in a referendum to be part of Russia - which was held while it was still occupied by Russian troops." DailyMail

China Sails Carrier Through Taiwan Strait

"China sailed its aircraft carrier Shandong through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday,
shadowed by a U.S. destroyer, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, just hours before the Chinese and U.S. presidents were due to talk." Newsmax

 

 

Ukrainian Legion: An American who fought in Ukraine warns others “Do not go, it’s a trap”

"A video has gone viral showing a man who is described as a volunteer describing the
situation in Ukraine for volunteers, telling people that the situation there is a “trap.”

In a March 8 tweet, Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Independent reported 20,000 foreign volunteers had joined the International Legion Of Defense Of Ukraine since March 6. That’s left some Americans wondering if they’re allowed to join Ukraine’s foreign legion.

Editor of Human Events, Jack Posobiec posted earlier in week about the same man, who had corroborated reporting on the area, giving some credibility to his story about a lack of weapons for soldiers.

“2 more Americans in Ukraine describe what is going on with the Western volunteers, and corroborate earlier reporting Appears to be various elements of volunteers operating now, not only the one Ukrainian Legion”

“We were about to get sent, but we have no weapons, and the UK were not being issued gear,” the Ukraine volunteer said.

Full transcript of what he said:

For anyone who is wondering what is going on, we were part of the Georgia National Legion, a hundred-second Ukrainian territorial defense, ok?  Our base got Fed up, the base next to us got Fed up. Americans, British, tons of people- British dead, alright? They are not saying nothing, they are counting our dead and they’re dead and they are trying to send us to  Kyivwith no Fing weapons, no kit, no find plates.  The people who are lucky enough to get weapons are only getting magazines with like ten Fing rounds, ok?  When they wanted to send us to Kyiv , we said no.  Our whole group, a bunch of Americans, Canadians, British.

So they told us that we had to get the F out or they would shoot us in the back, alright?  So me and this British guy and another American, we Fing hid in the back of an ambulance to get out.

We got to the border and it was a whole other mess. When you get to the border anyone who has kit, anyone who has any military, they are fing pulling you out of the line and sending you back to the front.  We got dropped off about 5 cliffs from the fing border and we walked- and we got to the border, and a bunch of humanitarian groups, with veterans from England, pulls us to the side and say you need to get out- they pulled us out and fing hit us, and were like- you need to dump all your kit.. and they were pulling people out, cutting up passports, sending them back, so we dumped out sh*t  and we got all of our fing red crosses and they had fing humanitarian passes to get us through the Ukrainian border.

People need to stop coming here. It is a trap. and they are not letting your Fing leave.  The best way to leave is like is like in a VIC or a car or something.  People who get on by vehicle, have a better chance of hiding in the back, doing whatever the fu*k they can- but do not come to Ukraine if you are a volunteer." PP

Congress must stop Team Biden from giving Russia a financial lifeline in Iran deal

"Washington appears determined to undermine its own economic-sanctions campaign against Russian President Vladimir Putin for his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine — and aid a second dictatorship in the process.

The State Department confirmed Tuesday that the Biden administration would “not sanction Russian participation in nuclear projects that are part of resuming full implementation” of a new deal with Iran. In effect, Washington is guaranteeing Moscow a multibillion-dollar payout. Congress should stop President Joe Biden from throwing Putin this financial lifeline while he maims and kills innocent civilians.

Team Biden has been negotiating the revival of a weaker, shorter version of the Iran agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, since last year. It’s allowed Russia an outsized role in the talks, with the country’s head delegate, Amb. Mikhail Ulyanov, providing frequent public updates. In one instance, Ulyanov praised Tehran’s negotiating style, candidly stating, “Iran got much more than it could expect.”

Last week, however, Moscow suddenly halted negotiations and demanded guarantees from the Biden administration that the West’s Ukraine sanctions wouldn’t lead Washington to penalize “civil nuclear cooperation” in Iran that the deal’s terms allow Russia to undertake." NYP

Key Flashback: CIA Secretly “Nazifying” Ukraine Since 1953

"The U.S. has had a hand in numerous projects intent on destabilizing Ukraine’s governments.

A recent declassification of over 3,800 documents by the Central Intelligence Agency has revealed it operated two major programs intent on not only destabilizing Ukraine but ‘Nazifying’ it with followers of the World War II Ukrainian Nazi leader Stepan Bandera.

The documents, which were released earlier in the year, said that programs, spanning over four years, provided funding and equipment for such anti-Soviet Ukrainian resistance groups as the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council among a host of others.

The papers gave details of the AERODYNAMIC program which intended to destabilize Ukraine, using exile Ukrainian agents in the West who were infiltrated into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

“The purpose of Project AERODYNAMIC is to provide for the exploitation and expansion of the anti-Soviet Ukrainian resistance for cold war and hot war purposes,” the formerly top secret document dated July 13, 1953 says of the project.

“Such groups as the Ukrainian Supreme Council of Liberation (UHVR) and its Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN), the Foreign Representation of the Ukrainian Supreme Council of Liberation (ZPUHVR) in Western Europe and the United States, and other organizations such as the OUN/B will be utilized,” the document continued." IW

Putin Lays Out Demands For Cease-Fire In Call With Turkey's President

 "In a Thursday conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President
Vladimir Putin reportedly outlined the conditions for ending his invasion of Ukraine. According to a Turkish official who listened to the call between the two leaders said that Putin would end his invasion if several conditions are met including a promise that Ukraine will remain neutral and not join NATO.

Erdogan's leading adviser and spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said Russia is also calling for Ukraine to undergo a disarmament process to mitigate threats to Russia in the future as well as legal protections for the Russian language in Ukraine. Additionally, Putin reportedly desires promises related to the "Denazification" of Ukraine." ZH

Resurfaced Video Shows Biden Confessing He Proposed Bombing of Belgrade in NATO Op in Yugoslavia

 "Joe Biden labelled President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal" over Russia’s operation to
demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine, launched on 24 February to defend the predominantly Russian-speaking people of the two breakaways, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR, LPR), against deadly offensive attacks by the Kiev regime.

A video has resurfaced on social media, where then-senator Joe Biden, speaking at a Senate Foreign Affairs Committee meeting in 1998, say he suggested bombing the peaceful city of Belgrade and sending American pilots to destroy all the bridges on the Danube in 1999.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, reposted the footage on his social media account, reminding the current US President of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia that is estimated to have killed about 2,500 people, including 89 children." Sputnik

 

US Confirms American Citizen Killed In Ukraine

"American citizen has been killed in Ukraine - a first - reportedly amid Russian shelling of the
northern city of Chernihiv. Both the US and Ukrainian governments are confirming, with the State Department saying "We offer our sincerest to the family on their loss." The statement said, "Out of respect to the family during this difficult time, we have no further comment." ZeroHedge

Biden Calls Putin "Murderous Dictator" & "Pure Thug"

"President Joe Biden in a Thursday St. Patrick's Day luncheon event on Capitol Hill
called called Vladimir Putin a "murderous dictator" and "pure thug" - in his harshest words yet for the Russian leader since the start of the Ukraine invasion." ZH

"No Such Thing As No Fly Zone Lite": Pentagon Rejects Zelensky's 'Close The Sky' Request

"Following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's emotional plea to US Congress on
Wednesday urging a West-imposed no-fly zone over the country to stop Russia - for which he was met with a standing ovation from US lawmakers from the House and Senate - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin weighed in Thursday stating the Pentagon's rejection of a no fly zone." ZeroHedge

Putin Warns of 'Traitors'

"Russian attacks have battered cities and villages across large parts of Ukraine, including the
capital, Kyiv, where residents have been huddling in homes and shelters. Russian troops shelled areas in and around the city on Wednesday, including a residential neighborhood just 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) from the presidential palace. A 12-story Kyiv apartment building erupted in flames after being hit by shrapnel.

Putin went on television to excoriate Russians who don’t back him, even as both sides expressed optimism over efforts to negotiate an end to the fighting,

Russians “will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and will simply spit them out like a gnat that accidentally flew into their mouths,” he said. “I am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country.”

He said the West is using a “fifth column” of traitorous Russians to create civil unrest." Newsmax

Four Russian warships carrying combat vehicles crossed strategic Tsugaru strait Japan's defense ministry fears the westward vessels may be heading for Europe They may also have troops onboard to reinforce Russia's flagging invasion Russia has lost around 7,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 tanks and aircraft

"Four Russian warships carrying combat vehicles crossed strategic Tsugaru strait.

Japan's defense ministry fears the westward vessels may be heading for Europe.

They may also have troops onboard to reinforce Russia's flagging invasion.

Russia has lost around 7,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 tanks and aircraft." DM

Russia and Ukraine Draw Up Tentative 15-Point Neutrality Plan to End the War

"As Russian forces continued to pound Ukrainian cities, negotiators for the two sides met to discuss a possible end to the conflict.

The two sides have drawn up a 15-point neutrality plan for Ukraine that, to put it mildly, needs a lot of work.

The proposed deal, which Ukrainian and Russian negotiators discussed in full for the first time on Monday, would involve Kyiv renouncing its ambitions to join Nato and promising not to host foreign military bases or weaponry in exchange for protection from allies such as the US, UK, and Turkey, the people said....Ukrainian officials remain sceptical Russian president Vladimir Putin is fully committed to peace and worry that Moscow could be buying time to regroup its forces and resume its offensive. Putin showed no sign of compromise on Wednesday, vowing Moscow would achieve all of its war aims in Ukraine." PJM

Pope Francis Warns “Final Catastrophe” Could “Extinguish” Human Race - Says humanity would have to "start from scratch."

"Pope Francis warns that the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine could lead to a “final
catastrophe” that would “extinguish” the human race.

Speaking during his weekly address, the Pope said humanity would have to “start from scratch” in the event of a thermonuclear war.

“Our imagination appears increasingly concentrated on the representation of a final catastrophe that will extinguish us,” said Pope Francis.

“What happens with an eventual nuclear war?” he asked.

“The ‘day after’ this – if there will still be days and human beings – will have to start again from scratch. Destroying everything to start again from scratch.”

The Pope highlighted how apocalyptic “flood imagery” is “gaining ground in our subconscious,” a reference to the Biblical flood narrative found in the Book of Genesis." InfoWars

Some survivors emerge from Ukraine theater hit by strike

"Survivors began to emerge Thursday as authorities worked to rescue hundreds of civilians trapped in the basement of a theater blasted by Russian airstrikes in the besieged city of Mariupol, while ferocious Russian bombardment killed dozens in a northern city over the past day, the local governor said.

The strikes the previous evening had left a large section of the grand, 3-three story theater building in the center of Mariupol collapsed in a smoking ruin, according to photos released by the city council. Inside, hundreds of men, women and children — up to 1,000 according to some officials — had taken shelter in the basement, seeking safety amid Russia’s strangulating 3-week siege of the strategic southern port city.

Rescuers worked to clearing rubble that had blocked the entrance to the basement, despite new strikes reported elsewhere in the city Thursday. Miraculously, the shelter stood firm, officials said. “The building withstood the impact of a high-powered air bomb and protected the lives of people hiding in the bomb shelter,” Ukraine’s ombudswoman Ludmyla Denisova said on the Telegram messaging app Thursday." AP