Monday, March 21, 2022

Terrifying moment Russia launches vacuum bombs on besieged Mariupol as brave civilians refuse to surrender

"Shocking footage shared by Russia today shows a TOS-1A weapon system firing a salvo of rockets towards the city.
Russia's destructive thermobaric weapons which are capable of exploding a victim's lungs have been reportedly used in Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Earlier this month the UK Ministry of Defence confirmed that the TOS-1A weapon system has been deployed.
The catastrophic weapons are among the most powerful non-nuclear weapons ever developed." Sun

More than 2,500 Russian soldiers' corpses shipped back as morgues overrun

"The corpses of more than 2,500 Russia soldiers killed in Ukraine have been shipped from the Gomel region of Belarus back to Russia by trains or by plane as of March 13, an employee of the Gomel regional clinical hospital.
A witness at Mazyr’s morgue said he has seen many “black sacks” being loaded from military ambulances on to Russian rail cars.
Passengers at the Mazyr train station were shocked by the number of corpses being loaded on the train,” he said. “After people started shooting video, the military caught them and ordered them to remove it.” NationalSun

Ruthless ex-KGB spy tipped by spooks to take over if Putin is toppled by Kremlin

"An ex-KGB agent accused of having a hand in the death of a spy on British soil has been
tipped to succeed Vladimir Putin if he is toppled.
As the Russian invasion nears the one month mark, the Ukrainian intelligence service claims to have unearthed a plot devised in the upper reaches of Russian society to dethrone the President.
Among the planned conspiracies against Putin are poisoning or an accident, according to Kyiv sources who claim the cell wants to be rid of the Russian leader as soon as possible.
It is believed their preferred replacement is spy master and once top Putin sidekick Alexander Bortnikov, who has fallen out of favor with the Moscow despot over errors in the Ukraine war.
The elite plotters, according to Ukrainian intelligence, picked out the 70-year-old because they believe he could spearhead the restoration of economic ties with the west." Mirror

U.S. Sending Soviet Anti-Air Defense Systems To Ukraine That Were "Secretly Acquired"

"Greater escalation is in the air as two nuclear-armed superpowers continue stumbling toward
a hugely alarming WWIII scenario as the Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches almost a full month. The Wall Street Journal on Monday has cited US defense officials who say Washington is covertly sending Soviet-made air defense equipment to Ukraine to help repel Russian air power. It seems this is the Biden administration's 'alternative' to directly imposing a no-fly zone, yet it's still a step in that direction. But given the fact that these systems might go all the way back to the 1960's or 70's - and perhaps more appropriately belong in a museum in some midwest town - it could be more of a symbolic step to appease the hawks without really doing anything too severely escalatory." ZH

U.S. Consulate temporarily closes as cartel gunmen launch assault on Nuevo Laredo

"The Center for Security Policy (Center) reports that a massive shoot-out between members of
the Northeast Cartel (CDN) and the Mexican Army rocked the city of Nuevo Laredo on Tuesday directly across the border from Laredo, Texas.  The incident forced the temporary closure of the international bridges as well as the U.S. Consulate. As reported by the Center, videos of the attack on social media showed numerous burning vehicles and the sounds of automatic weapon fire. Mexican military installations and the U.S. Consulate reportedly came under fire. The attack was reportedly a response to the arrest and deportation to the United States of CDN Cartel leader Juan Gerardo TreviƱo, following an operation by Mexican authorities.... the situation in Mexico is developed far beyond a law enforcement matter and has effectively reached a full-blown insurgency. The United States needs to reconsider its lack of commitment to addressing the growing instability of its southern neighbor and begin to make the safety and security of its citizens along the border a top priority now." SaraCarter

Russian Navy Commander Killed in Ukraine

"A senior naval commander in Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been killed in Ukraine, the
governor of Sevastopol said on Sunday.Newsmax

Putin Finds Some Unlikely Allies in the United States Congress

"Everyone knows that The Squad in the House of Representatives is so far to the Left as to make Stalin look like a John Bircher, but would they go so far as to cheerlead for a former KGB man’s war of aggression? It looks as if the answer is yes.... the New York Post reported Saturday that “comrades in ‘The Squad’ have bent over backwards in the House of Representatives to defend Vladimir Putin, voting against sanctions on Russian oil and parroting Kremlin talking points.
For at least one of the far-Left Squad members, the winsome and patriotic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu), this may represent a hard-headed business decision: Omar “has family with business interests in Russia and its oil industry. Omar’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, was a colonel in the Somali army during the 1970s and 1980s under the Soviet-backed regime of dictator Siad Barre. During that time he received a military education in the Soviet Union, according to an obituary.PJM
 
 

Kiev Tells All Cities Under Siege, Including Mariupol: "There Can Be No Talk Of Any Surrender"

 "There can be no talk of any surrenders, laying down of arms. We have already informed the
Russian side about this
," Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk said after the Russian deadline for surrender came and went Monday morning. Intense bombardment has resumed in Mariupol, with a number of reports noting that Monday saw the heaviest attacks since the start of the Russian invasion nearly a month ago." ZH

Sunday, March 20, 2022

Russia Says Has Again Fired Hypersonic Missiles in Ukraine

"Russia said Sunday it has again fired its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles in Ukraine,
destroying a fuel storage site in the country's south.
The Russian Defense Ministry also said it killed more than 100 members of Ukrainian special forces and "foreign mercenaries" when it targeted a training center in the town of Ovruch in northern Ukraine with sea-based missiles." MT

Poland Continues Push for NATO to Consider Peacekeepers in Ukraine

"Poland Ambassador Marek Magierowski sat down with CNN’s Jake Tapper on this Sunday’s
edition of “State of the Union” to continue to push his country’s proposal for
NATO to consider becoming involved in peacekeeping in Ukraine, at this week’s alliance summit." RS

Larry Kudlow: New Iran Nuke Deal 'Worst Foreign Policy Story' Ever

"As much as inflation and a future recession are concerns for Americans, Larry Kudlow says
the dangers of an impending return to an Iran nuclear deal by the Biden administration is a bigger concern.
"The single worst story is the continued reports we are very close, the U.S., to a new nuclear deal with Iran: This is utter insanity; this is the worst thing that I've ever seen," Kudlow told Sunday's "The Cats Roundtable" WABC 770 AM-N.Y.
"Iran, which hates America, which hates Israel, our staunchest ally, which hates Saudi Arabia, which is an ally – and in this deal we're going to give a $10 billion carve out to Russia to build a nuclear facility of some kind in Iran."
All this comes as President Joe Biden attempts to sanction Russia out of its invasion of Ukraine, including a pseudo ban on Russian oil, but instead rewards it for profiting off nuclear energy for Iran, Kudlow lamented to host John Catsimatidis." NYP

Mariupol Resident Says Azov Regiment Neo-Nazis Destroyed City Pool, 'Killed a Lot of People'

"Mariupol resident Nina Kulayeva has told Sputnik that scores of people died after neo-Nazis from Ukraine's Azov Regiment deliberately destroyed the Neptune swimming pool in the centre of the southeastern coastal city currently surrounded by Russian and Donetsk People's Republic forces.
The woman suggested that by obliterating the pool, members of the Azov Regiment apparently wanted to intimidate the local population.
The Azov Regiment, formed in 2014 as a group of neo-Nazi volunteer paramilitaries and infamous for their 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich-style rune logo, has since been integrated into the Ukrainian National Guard." Sputnik

Russia Deporting Captured Ukrainian Civilians to Camps in Russia

"Over the past week, several thousand Mariupol residents were deported onto the Russian
territory, the city council said in a statement on its Telegram channel late on Saturday.
Russian news agencies have said buses have carried several hundred people Moscow calls refugees from Mariupol to Russia in recent days." Newsmax

Conservatives Roast White House After Report It Considered Giving Americans Gas Cards

"Conservatives on Twitter roasted the Biden administration on Saturday after a report surfaced
that the White House had mulled giving Americans gas cards to help alleviate skyrocketing prices at the pump.
Axios reported that the White House floated the idea as part of a package Democrats are brainstorming in an attempt to offer some sort of positive policy response to soaring gas prices. The idea was quickly shot down by a House Democratic legal counsel, who pointed out the idea would be expensive and poorly targeted; it would likely make inflation worse and wouldn’t necessarily lower prices; and it would likely bog down the IRS in the middle of tax filing season, which would lead to delays in filing and processing tax returns.A White House spokesman admitted that the idea was discussed, but claimed it was not a serious policy proposal." PP

Documentary Film Exposed U.S. Bioweapons Labs in Eastern Europe in 2018

"An explosive 2018 documentary film by Al Mayadeen Documentaries details the secret U.S.
funding of bioweapons research using dangerous pathogens in Eastern Europe.
Despite the mainstream media and U.S. government denying involvement in these clandestine operations, this documentary appears to confirm Russia’s accusations of Pentagon-backed biolab facilities on its doorstep .Notably, U.S. government documents confirm that coronaviruses similar to SARS-CoV-2 were among the pathogens studied at some of these biolabs in Georgia since 2017." IW