Evidence shows the French “mercenaries” killed and wounded by a Russian air strike in Kharkov were actually under orders of Macron
This means that, de facto, France has attacked Russia and, technically, is at war with Russia, and targets in France could be legally struck by Russian missiles. The world is inching closer to WW III.
Kiev and the West reek of desperation, and that could lead to a world war!
The bottom line of the article shown in translation below is that those French officers who were housed in the building in Kharkov that was destroyed by a Russian missile, as reported here, were actually officially French officers. To mask this fact, they all fictitiously resigned their posts and signed on with Kiev.
But unlike most mercenaries, they were not merely volunteers. The Macron regime knew all about this and set up the ruse.
This being the case, Russia can now legitimately allege that it is at war not only with Ukraine but also with France – something that lowbrow Macron has gone to great lengths to avoid – because he knows France is no match for the Russian forces.
However, whatever the case may be, it is obvious that the combined West is desperate at this point, what with all the daily multiple air strikes on Ukrainian military assets including military production facilities and gatherings of personnel, and the major advances of the unstoppable Russian forces at the front lines, and is frantically flailing like a drowning man.
These are indeed interesting times!
Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
https://tsargrad.tv/news/nastonat-na-rakety-kiev-berjot-ssha-izmorom_949394
MOANING FOR MISSILES: KYIV IS STARVING THE UNITED STATES
The chorus of begging voices from Kiev has been sounding louder and nastier lately. Against the backdrop of the failed "counteroffensive" and the equally disastrous Davos forum for Zelensky, Ukrainian officials are moaning and groaning to obtain new deliveries of missiles, air defense systems, and aircraft. Kiev's demands are growing, in an effort to starve their "masters" from overseas. But there are several important nuances here.
The other day, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in an interview with ABC News that the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will fight with shovels if they run out of weapons. Here it is, verbatim:
“If we run out of weapons, we'll fight with shovels.”
The minister clarified that "Ukraine's existence is at stake," and for the West, time is running out to make a decision on further assistance to Kyiv.
In the end, Kuleba reduced everything to the level of trade.
We offer the best deal in the global security market. Give us guns, give us money, and we'll finish the job he emphasized. [This is a threadbare argument that holds no water. The West contributed massive amounts of money and arms to the so-called counteroffensive, which saw crucial numbers of personnel and Western arms lost and not an inch of territory regained. So their promises to finish off Russia now with a fraction of the manpower and arms left rings hollow indeed]
Now the spokesman of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that F-16 aircraft and a large number of air defense missiles are not being brought to Ukraine, because they will be a "good target" for the Russian army.
According to Yuriy Ihnat [Ukrainian air force commander], Russian intelligence works well and knows where the Armed Forces of Ukraine store weapons. Therefore, he concludes, it makes no sense for Kiev to place full ammunition depots on its territory. [Makes you wonder what he would do if the West did in fact respond favorably to requests for more arms and ammo]
Around the same time, the former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, Mykola Malomuzh, says that his country needs about 50-60 Patriot systems and the same number of SAMP/T. The general claims that the systems will be able to cover almost all cities and strategic facilities within a radius of 60 kilometers near the installations. [But as Yuriy Ihnat stated, as quoted above, Russian intel knows where military assets are located, and will send their coordinates to the aerospace force, just as they did before, once again depriving Ukraine of its air defenses]
“Give us more weapons and we'll get the job done.”
At the same time, he spoke out sharply against going on the defensive on the front line:
The transition to a defensive position [from an offensive one] often leads to the freezing of the conflict. We have seen this since 2014. We will never agree to a frozen conflict with Putin. [But you WILL agree to a counteroffensive that sacrifices 125,000 soldiers?? But it doesn’t matter what Kiev agrees to, Russia will decide what it gets]
Taking into account the scandalous law on mobilization, Ermak vowed to complete the task set by the Western “masters”: to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian. However, at the same time, until the last foreign mercenary. The recent scandal with the murdered French legionnaires is proof of this.
French shame
Paris is trying to disown what happened. The French Foreign Ministry says that there were no French there. Diplomats say just that: “They (French mercenaries - Ed.) are not in Ukraine.” But the Russian Ministry of Defense, in turn, claims that Iskander hit a building with French mercenaries in Kharkov, killing over 60 militants and injuring more than 20.
Ukraine, by the way, also wanted to hide information about the presence of French mercenaries. According to the official version of the Ukrainian authorities, supposedly unfortunate foreign journalists were accommodated in the hotel that was hit by a Russian missile. But the Kiev lies were quickly revealed. And subsequently, Ukraine had to admit that the wounded, taken to Kharkov hospitals, spoke French.
But that's not all. Further details from citizens who witnessed the missile strike in Kharkov, as well as a video filmed by local propagandists on the wreckage of the Park Hotel, leaked onto the Internet. Both had absolutely the opposite effect that was desired in Kyiv.
By the way, yes, the Kharkov residents mentioned that the first explosion was white, the second red (similar to the detonation of ammunition. - Ed.). The local authorities did something stupid; they filmed and posted a video from a “non-residential premises” in which the bed was made and the refrigerators were old [hotels don’t have old fridges]. In general - LOCATION! According to former Nikolaev blogger, later Russian fighter Sergei “Lokhmaty” Lebedev.
Political scientist Sergei Markov, in turn, explained in his Telegram channel what exactly the French officers were doing in Kharkov. The to-do list turned out to be impressive; there were quite a few items:
1. On the territory of a kindergarten in Kharkov, a headquarters and communications station for French officers were set up for camouflage.
2. They [the French officers] were involved in communication between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and French space intelligence.
3. They were involved in helping the Ukrainian Armed Forces use French military equipment.
4. They helped direct missile and artillery strikes against Russian army positions and the city of Belgorod, which is next to Kharkov.
5. All these are active officers of the French army. They temporarily and fictitiously left the service and signed contracts with PMCs [private military companies].
6. In fact, they are subordinate to the French Minister of Defense. [Thus, France is de facto at war with Russia, and military targets inside Franch could be legally targeted by Russia. This is too close for comfort.]
7. In military operations against Russia, they use military systems such as military satellites, which are part of the French army. [More damning evidence that France is de facto at war with Russia. The world is on the brink]
8. Therefore, this is direct participation of the French army in the war against Russia.
9. The French Minister of Defense and the French Foreign Ministry are outright lying.
10. French ministers are lying on the orders of French President Macron, who decided to intensify French aggression against Russia in Ukraine, Armenia, and Africa. [As a result, African countries, bolstered in their defenses by Russia, are kicking the French troops out of their countries. The Global South is clearly choosing Russia over the West, as also evidenced by the strong support the Houthis are receiving in the ME]
11. Why Macron decided to intensify aggressiveness against Russia and -- deceiving the people of France -- is increasingly drawing France into a war with Russia is not known.
It is clear that Paris will not be purged of this shame for a long time.
What about the fronts?
But on the fronts everything is bad. For the Ukrainians. Not so long ago, both the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny almost simultaneously announced the difficult situation on the fronts. It is especially hot in seven areas - from Bakhmut to Kupyansk.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian insider telegram channel "Resident", citing a source in the Ukrainian president’s office, reported that Zaluzhny asked Zelensky to gamble on the situation in Bakhmut and Avdievka, where the Russians have intensified their attacks.
Near Bakhmut, the Russian army is trying to take Bogdanovka in order to begin an operation to capture Chasov Yar. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost their advantage on this section of the front, and the enemy [Russia] has taken back almost all the territories that the Ukrainian army had recaptured since the start of the counter-offensive on the flanks of the city.
A groan must be heard
Tsargrad political observer Andrei Perla noted in an interview with First Russian that “Kyiv, as everyone is already tired of repeating, does not have its own political subjectivity.”
That is, to put it simply, the leadership of Ukraine does not sit in Kyiv. But the thing is that this leadership in the USA is now experiencing very serious problems. The authorities - the US Democratic Party - are being squeezed by the Republicans. For Republicans to win, Democrats need to lose in Ukraine. Then they will transfer power.
Accordingly, the expert concludes, democrats need arguments to continue fighting in Ukraine. From the point of view of US voters, the best argument of this kind is the “unyielding determination” of the Ukrainians themselves. This is what they diligently demonstrate. Either Kuleba will swear to fight with shovels, then some other guy, Ermak will speak out like that. The main thing is to keep it in the air all the time: we won’t let the Russians win, just give us money and weapons.
This on the one hand. On the other hand, NATO understands that if Russia wins, it will be the end of NATO's hegemony. The end of the world they all live in now. Therefore, "Ukraine is heard." Not only in the US Democratic Party, but globalists in Davos, for example," Perla explained. - Macron recently spoke boldly on the topic "you can't let the Russians win." In order for these speeches to make sense, for them to lead to financing of the war with Russia, there must be a groan from Ukraine: give air defense, give planes, give missiles. Well, Kiev is trying, but what else can they do?
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Air strike update for Jan 21, 2024
What is happening in Ukraine today, January 21, 2024?
Last night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy military targets and infrastructure. Powerful explosions occurred in Konstantinovka, Nikolaev, Pokrovsky district and Volchansk.
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From an Arab web site, translation from Arabic with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
Wednesday 10 January 2024 03:45
The Iraqi resistance confirms: We can hit all targets
Arqab missile
One of the most important and prominent results of the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle so far is that it provided the appropriate opportunity for the Islamic resistance in Iraq to confirm the tactics it had established years ago on the ground, in confronting the American and Israeli occupation forces as well. The recent targeting of the Haifa area, with an advanced Arqab cruise missile, comes as part of this upward trend, which no one will be able to prevent or stop, except when the American administration decides to stop its aggression carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip.
One of the most important direct results of this trend is military pain for Israel and America, by mobilizing their forces to a minimum (knowing that some of the missiles and drones that are launched from Iraq against American bases in Iraq [US personnel injured in missile attack on Al Asad airbase in Iraq - BBC News] and Syria or against Israeli targets have reached their targets and caused direct casualties and losses). And exhausting their defensive and interception systems, and this will have a major impact on alleviating the Gaza front on the one hand, and providing lessons for future confrontations as well.
This is what Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah indicated in his last speech (on January 6, 2024), when he revealed that “the resistance in Iraq launched missiles towards the Zionist entity, towards Eilat, towards the Mediterranean Sea, towards targets within the entity.” Now some say they have arrived and some say they have not, as is the case with the launches in Yemen. What is important is that this enemy feels that there are several fronts opened against it and that it is under fire. Whether the missiles arrive or not is not what matters. Rather, what matters is that they are launched eventually they will either arrive, or if not, the attacks will leave deep and important effects, just as they left in the city of Eilat, economically, touristically, and socially, and this is known and demonstrated.”
Arqab cruise missile
A few days ago, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance revealed, through a video statement, that it had launched an advanced long-range Al-Arqab cruise missile towards the city of Haifa in occupied Palestine (that is, at a distance exceeding 362 km, which is equal to the distance between the city of Haifa and the Iraqi-Jordanian border). This shows that Iraq possesses qualitative capabilities capable of targeting the interim entity directly, and the possibility of bypassing the interception and air defense systems of its various targets, against sensitive targets such as the city of Haifa, which is the entity’s sea port, or even against the entity’s oil and gas facilities, such as targeting the gas extraction facility in the field of Karesh.
The Iraqi resistance also previously attacked two Israeli targets inside Iraqi territory and the occupied Syrian Golan, in two separate operations against a technical espionage center affiliated with the entity’s intelligence northeast of Erbil Governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and against a vital target for the entity in occupied Palestine to the south of the Eliad settlement in the Golan Heights. The occupying Syrian army (which is about 316 km away from Iraq), which the Israeli occupation army acknowledged, and that it was carried out via a suicide drone, the downing of which may have caused material losses.
Knowing that the resistance in Iraq had previously, late last year, bombed a target in the occupied city of Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat), the southernmost part of occupied Palestine on the Red Sea (which is more than 500 km away from Iraq), with appropriate weapons.
All of these attacks confirm that Iraq (especially its resistance) has the ability to strike anyone who attacks it and its sovereignty and independence, whether American or even Israeli forces (which over the past years have previously inflicted many strikes against the headquarters of Iraqi resistance factions or against the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces). ).
Writer: Editorial room
I translated it into French for my friends here.