Navalny fell victim to the myth of Western power
Sergey Navalny fell victim to a deadly myth, namely, that the West will protect the people that trust in it to save them.
Death of Navalny is a tragedy
Sergey Navalny fell victim to a deadly myth, namely, that the West will protect the people that trust in it to save them.
There are currently at least 3 tragic victims to this myth:
Ukraine
Taiwan
Navalny
Each one of these entities was lured into the trap of this myth,
Ukraine was confronted with a fact that was dangerously alluring, namely, that both the powerful US and the powerful and numerically vast NATO would save it from all danger.
After all, the US reputedly had the most powerful military in the world. Of course, before and during the Ukraine-US war, Russia made a Herculean effort to develop its military and its weaponry, but the results of this effort, including hypersonic weapons, went unnoticed, thanks to the US-control of the Western media, which has always sought – very effectively – to cancel Russia in its reports.
Further, NATO has 32 member countries, making it the biggest and most powerful military grouping on the planet.
Finally, Ukraine had the most powerful land army in Europe.
How could Ukraine lose?
In 2014, the Ukrainian people had the choice between
̶ continuing to trade with Russia first, which it had done with good success for decades, and
̶ cutting ties with Russia completely and casting its lot with the US and Europe. The US and EU insisted the choice did not include any ties with Russia,
Strangely, though, thanks to this choice, Ukraine is now a failed nation, only a shell of its former self. It has lost vast numbers of its population through emigration and has seen the majority of its soldiers killed or irrecuperably wounded in battle. Keen observers see what is about to happen and are saying so.
Meanwhile, the West, seeing the helplessness of the situation, is slowly but surely withholding aid – though a few, like the rapidly collapsing Germany – continue to throw good money and arms after bad.
The Kiev administration is in chaos, with many of its key officials fearing that other powerful leaders, including the president, might have them assassinated (there have been suspicious deaths affecting top officials. In fact, a recent report on France24 indicated that Zelensky was plotting to have president Macron assassinated during his latest visit to Kiev but this was headed off by a communiqué from Zaluzhny!) The west’s Project Ukraine is swirling around the toilet bowl, like all of America’s megalomanic military projects in its quest to rule the world.
This is compounded by the fact that Ukraine is in the unique position of relying 100% on foreign aid not only to prosecute its war but simply to pay its bills.
No other country has ever been in such a precarious financial/economic position.
And it all started with a clever plot hatched in the Obama-Biden regime to imitate the clever idea of Napoleon and later Hitler, to destroy Russia.
As for Taiwan, for some reason, the leadership of this island is preparing to follow the lead of the failed state of Ukraine, lured by the siren song of imagined US invincibility and infinitely deep pockets. So far nothing seems capable of holding the island nation back from the abyss.
And now we come to poor unfortunate Navalny, who was trained in regime-change tactics as a fellow of Yale World Fellows program, which taught him regime change methods and encouraged him to overthrow the Kremlin leadership to the benefit of the US, the morally superior country that now openly supports genocide. He thought the invincible US would protect him. He read the newspaper accounts of his heroism in Russia and never faltered in his faith in the US media and political class, which hated Russia.
But he forgot to consult Mr. Reality and now he has paid the price of preferring myth over realism,
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Ракетные удары по Украине сегодня, 16 февраля 2024: подробности » Интересная Россия (ptoday.ru)
Missile strikes on Ukraine today, February 16, 2024: details
Author: Evgeny Poddubny
09:17, 16 February 2024
On Friday, February 16, several Ukrainian cities were engulfed in a series of explosions accompanied by air raid signals. According to war correspondents, Russian troops carried out precision strikes on military targets using precision-guided missiles.
In Ukraine, an air raid alert was announced in a number of oblasts today, February 16
According to the latest data, a powerful explosion was recorded in the Mirgorod district of the Poltava oblast of Ukraine, reports the publication "Public". Details of the incident have not been disclosed at this time, and local authorities are refraining from commenting.
The Unian agency also reported about an explosion that occurred in the Kharkov oblast, writes NEWS.RU. According to preliminary data, military and infrastructure facilities were damaged.
In the village of Lyubotin, located in the Kharkov oblast, problems with power supply arose as a result of the explosion, local Telegram channels report.
Earlier, the heads of the Lviv and Zaporozhye oblastal military administrations, Maxim Kozitsky and Ivan Fedorov, notified about the explosions and the operation of air defense systems. It also became known about explosions in Odessa. According to information from local sources, the oblast's air defense system was activated.
Previously, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a group strike by the Russian military early in the morning using high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons against several enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine.
As a result of the attack, enterprises involved in the production and repair of aircraft engines, electronic equipment and communications, mortar ammunition, as well as factories producing fuel for military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were damaged.
Data on missile attacks on 02/16/2023 were confirmed in Lvov
The authorities of Lviv and Zaporozhye officially confirmed information about missile attacks in regional centers today on the night of February 16. Residents of Nauchnaya Street in Lviv [Ukrainian version of Lvov] suffered from “hits”.
Mayor Andrei Sadovyi said that as a result of the explosion of the infrastructure, fires and damage to windows occurred in 16 residential buildings, as well as parked cars. It should be noted that this is not the first time such an incident has occurred. In early January, the Roman Shukhevych Museum, which was recognized as a banned organization, was destroyed.
In Zaporozhye, infrastructure was also hit, resulting in one person being injured. In the morning, the sounds of sirens and explosions were heard throughout Ukraine, including Kyiv and the Khmelnitsky oblast.
The work of air defense on Klitschko’s side is also confirmed [Klitschko is the mayor of Kiev. This indicates that Kiev was apparently hit]. The Russian Ministry of Defense states that the precision strikes only targeted military and energy facilities and did not affect civilian targets.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
https://ria.ru/20240216/avdeevka-1927773237.html
6.02.2024
The Ukrainian Armed Forces brigade in Avdeevka stated that in some places it is completely surrounded
MOSCOW, February 16 – RIA Novosti. The third assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, urgently sent to Avdeevka, is in some places completely surrounded, the Ukrainian publication Strana reported, citing deputy brigade commander Rodion Kudryashov.
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“The third assault brigade in Avdievka is surrounded in some places, <...> in some places the situation is critical, there is a 360-degree encirclement, and in some places a 180-degree encirclement,” the material states.
Before this, today the military formation called the coke plant, which is located on the northwestern outskirts of the city, “its new home.”
That week, the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces urgently redeployed the third assault brigade to Avdiivka to reinforce the Ukrainian troops. As the press service of the unit itself wrote, the situation in the city for the Kyiv regime was already extremely critical at that time.
Interactive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
Interactive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
22 June 2022, 17:18
On Tuesday, DPR People's Council deputy, member of the committee to support participants of the North Military District, Dmitry Pleten, told RIA Novosti that the brigade transferred to Avdievka mainly consists of Azov militants*.
The day before, The Washington Post wrote that the Ukrainian military had already begun a partial withdrawal in the Avdiivka area - they believe that the surrender of the city is only a matter of time.
White House spokesman John Kirby also stated that the situation in Avdiivka is critical for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including due to a shortage of ammunition, the city could come under the control of the Russian army. And the commander of the Ukrainian operational-strategic group of troops "Tavria" Alexander Tarnavsky stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Avdiivka are preparing new positions "taking into account all possible scenarios."
Ukrainian soldier shoots on the front line near Avdeevka - RIA Novosti, 1920, 02/16/2024
The Ukrainian Armed Forces admitted that the situation in Avdeevka is worse than it was in Artemovsk
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Avdeevka is a northern suburb of Donetsk, turned by the Ukrainian army into a powerful fortified area. Now there are battles for the city.
On Wednesday, February 14, a representative of the Tavria group, Dmitry Likhovoy, admitted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing for the loss of control over the main supply line for troops near Avdeevka, a situation in which the command recognized as “extremely difficult.”
At the end of January, Vladimir Putin called the Avdeevsky direction one of the most important. The President said that a group of Russian military personnel broke through the enemy’s defenses and reached the outskirts of the village.
* Terrorist organization banned in Russia.
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https://nepajac.org/unac_021524.html
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Biden chooses death as US cuts off funding for UNRWA, resistance grows
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America is in crisis in Iraq
Martyr Commander Abu Baqir Al-Saadi
It seems that the current American administration is faltering in its policies towards the West Asia region during the battle of the Gaza flood, and this is clearly evident after its recent aggression against Iraq and its assassination of the leader of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Abu Baqir al-Saadi, last Wednesday evening.
The assassination was carried out by a drone that targeted the car of the martyr Al-Saadi, in the Al-Mashtal area northeast of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, under an American claim that he is a senior commander in the Hezbollah Brigades, and that he is one of those responsible for the Iraqi Islamic resistance operation in support of the Palestinian people and resistance, against the Tower 22 base. As a result, 3 American soldiers were killed.
What is the most prominent information circulating about the martyr Commander Al-Saadi?
_ His name is Wissam Muhammad Saber al-Saadi (nicknamed Abu Baqir Diyala), and he is an advisory leader in the Popular Mobilization Forces and the Hezbollah Brigades.
_He was born in 1974, and American sources claim that he was responsible for the drones and missile system in the brigades, and that he was also responsible for logistical support, weapons transfer, and operations abroad, specifically in Syria.
Washington also claimed that he was responsible for planning and carrying out attacks against American forces, including the attack that targeted its base in the Rukban area in Jordanian territory.
- The Washington Institute, affiliated with the Zionist lobby [AIPAC] in America, claimed that Commander Abu Baqir Al-Saadi took over the management of a cell that targeted the UAE in 2021. The institute also claimed that Al-Saadi was a trusted bodyguard of “the founder of the Hezbollah Brigades and the Popular Mobilization Forces, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis Al-Muradraj.” On the US terrorist list, and that he was one of the few people who were allowed to enter the room during the meetings of the martyr Commander Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis [martyred by order of Trump along with Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani] with officials of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran. He was also allowed to carry weapons even in the presence of senior leaders such as the martyr Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
Among the things reported by this institute is that in 2019, the martyr Al-Saadi assumed leadership of the Popular Mobilization Forces Security Directorate in the Rusafa area in the capital, Baghdad. [The Popular Mobilization Forces were tasked with fighting ISIS, among other things. The US claimed they were in Iraq to fight ISIS as well, but were there illegally after the Iraqi parliament voted to enjoin the US to leave the country. If the US had been sincere about fighting ISIS, there would be no ISIS presence in Iraq by now]
_The Iraqi resistance factions vowed to respond to his assassination, and the Secretary-General of the Sayyed al-Shuhada Brigades, Abu al-Walaa al-Wala’i, indicated that the Islamic resistance in Iraq is the guardian of blood (indicating that the factions collectively and not just the Hezbollah Brigades will avenge him).
In the same context, Al-Nujaba Movement announced that the response to the bombing that targeted the martyr Al-Saadi will be focused, and will not go unpunished. While the Secretary-General of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Sheikh Qais al-Khazali, said that Iraq must submit an official request to the Security Council to demand the immediate withdrawal of foreign forces. He added that the American attacks did not stop despite the government’s steps and the resistance factions’ commitment to calm.
An American official announced that his country did not notify the Iraqi state of the strike until shortly after it occurred, indicating that prior notification of the strike could not have been provided due to what he described as “security concerns,” adding that this strike was planned from the moment President Joe Biden ordered the US Army to review response options after the attack on Jordan.
This increases the severity of the American occupation forces’ assault on Iraqi sovereignty even more, as they are present in the country exclusively in an advisory capacity (and not a combat presence in contravention of what US President Biden agreed upon with former Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi), and they must obtain permission before carrying out any activity. military. Therefore, the government of President Muhammad Shia al-Sudani must take a decisive stance towards these repeated attacks, and not be satisfied with the statements of the military spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasool. Otherwise, the Islamic Resistance, including the Hezbollah Brigades, has the right to take whatever deterrent and firm steps it deems appropriate.
It must be noted that Major General Rasoul denounced the assassination, describing it as a clear aggression and violation of Iraqi sovereignty, threatening that this path would push the Iraqi government to end the mission of the international coalition, which has become a factor of instability for the country. Pointing out that the American forces “irresponsibly” repeatedly commit everything that undermines the understandings and bilateral dialogue between the two countries, and that they do not care about the lives of civilians or international laws, and thus threaten civil peace, violate Iraqi sovereignty, and belittle and risk people’s lives. [Well, considering that they openly support genocide in Palestine, how can the world take the US side any more?]
Writer:
Ali Nur al-Din
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Translation from Arabic with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
February 1, 2024
America is awaiting harsh Yemeni strikes that it has not seen even in its worst nightmares
Day after day, American forces and those who risk themselves and ally themselves with them will face harsh Yemeni military strikes that the Pentagon’s senior planners may not have taken into account, or even seen in their worst nightmares. Today, the Yemeni armed forces, in simple terms, humiliate America with their naval operations against Israeli commercial ships or those of other countries heading to occupied Palestine, declaring that they will continue to do so until the aggression stops and the siege on Gaza is lifted.
At the same time, it continues to strike American and British military and commercial ships until these countries’ aggression against Yemen stops, declaring that it will confront the American-British escalation with escalation and will not hesitate to carry out broad and qualitative military operations in response to any foolishness from them. Is there any country since after World War II - with the exception of a few countries such as the Islamic Republic of Iran - that has been able to forcefully challenge American arrogance and directly target American military vessels or commercial ships?
In the past few hours, the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out two qualitative operations, the first of which targeted the American destroyer USS Gravely (which raised the astonishment of many military experts and certainly the fears of American military leaders), and the second of which targeted the American merchant ship Cole. It was heading to the ports of occupied Palestine with naval missiles and hit it directly. These two operations were carried out despite the US-British aggression coalition launching a new aggression against Yemen on Wednesday evening, January 31, 2024, targeting the governorates of Saada and Hodeidah.
The American destroyer Greeley uses its last means of defense!
The Yemeni attack on the destroyer "Grevely" raised the astonishment of many military experts and the American media in particular (CNN), because the destroyer Greeley, according to what American officials revealed, was forced to use the CIWS system for the first time in order to shoot down the Yemeni cruise missile after it reached a distance of only about 1,600 meters (that is, about 6 to 7 seconds away from hitting the destroyer), since America began intercepting the Yemeni missiles late last year (it began this path in support of Israel and to prove that it is still the deterrent and dominant force in the world [It has recently fallen behind Russia in military terms, while China has a bigger navy than the US]). American officials added that American destroyers usually intercept these missiles at a distance of 8 miles or more, while the CIWS system is designed to intercept close-range missiles, and it is one of the final lines of defense that aims to shoot down the missile when other systems fail to intercept it, which means that this happens. This time opens the possibility for it to be repeated other times, especially if the Yemeni attack was carried out via a group of missiles and perhaps drones at the same time. [A big enough drone swarm will defeat any air defense system, There is also a possibility that Yemen will deploy unmanned boats loaded with explosives – a tactic used effectively against Russian warships in the Black Sea]
Let America prepare for its worst nightmares
Therefore, America must be aware that its direct war with the Yemenis is failing, and it will inevitably cost it a lot if it continues, because the Yemeni leadership (which is proud to confront American forces directly) has set its conditions for stopping these confrontations, and will not back down from them at all. [That determination to continue fighting despite losses is the key factor that can defeat any adversary] Therefore, the American administration and those who follow it have no choice but to submit to these conditions, otherwise they should prepare themselves for the worst nightmares and scenarios, and even for what may be beyond their ability to imagine.
Yemen possesses multi-range anti-ship missile systems, including those with a range of up to 2,000 kilometers, which means it has the ability to target American and British ships and battleships before they even enter the areas of conflict. The Yemenis also possess many strengths, including: the geostrategic location of their country, which enables them to detect all American and British targets in the Red Sea [as well as the Strait of al-Mandeb and the Sea of Aden], and their possession of sea and land missile systems and multiple radars that monitor and track ships and know their identity and directions in the Arabian and Red Seas, the development of their naval aviation, which can tie up and exhaust the American defense systems, which can then be targeted by naval missiles. [The US and UK face the problem that they must rely on aircraft carriers, which carry a vulnerable $multibillion burden of aircraft that can be sunk along with the ship]
19 operations so far
To date, and since November 19, 2023, the Yemeni Armed Forces have carried out 19 naval operations targeting:
_ 3 Israeli ships (Galaxy Leader, Unity Explorer, Number Nine).
_ 9 American ships and destroyers, including (Ginko Picardi / Kim Ranger / OCEAN JAZZ / Lewis B Puller / USS Greeley).
_ British oil ship (Marilyn Luanda).
_ 10 ships linked to the temporary entity are (Astrinda / Maersk Gebrelater / MSC Alanya / MSC Palatium / Swan Atlantic / MSC Clara /, MSC United / Maersk Hangzhou / CMA CGM Teeg / Zogravia).
Writer:
Ali Nour El-Din