Ukraine’s elite reserves refuse to fight in Avdeevka, agree with Russians to surrender – Insider
Zelensky can’t keep shooting every soldier who refuses to die. What can he do now that he himself ordered the change of commander? maybe you can't just snap your fingers and order your army to win?
Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
The Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdeevka refused to fight and agreed with the Russian Armed Forces to surrender - insider
Today
20:30
Bankova [refers to the president’s office, located on Bankova Street in Kiev] instructed the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to deal with the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who agreed with the Russian Armed Forces on the safe surrender of their military personnel, including the wounded, into captivity. This was reported by the Resident telegram channel with reference to sources in the President’s Office (OP).
(Today’s air strike update is below this article)
The separate division is afraid that the trend will become widespread.
“Our source in the separate divisions said that the president’s office instructed the SBU [Intel service] to deal harshly with the commanders from Avdiivka, who agreed with the enemy so that the military and wounded would surrender safely. “On Bankova they consider this a bad signal, which has a bad effect on the morale of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and may become a general trend in the future, when commanders, instead of fighting to the death, will negotiate for captivity,” writes TK.
As EADaily reported, the office of the President of Ukraine ordered an investigation due to the fact that the 3rd separate assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the successor to Azov*, refused to carry out the order and take positions in Avdiivka.
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Here’s your air strike update for Feb 19, 2024
https://donbasstoday.ru/raketnye-udary-po-ukraine-odnim-vystrelom-rossiya-perelomila-hod-vojny/
Missile strikes on Ukraine: Russia turned the tide of the war with one shot
02/19/2024
Kharkov, night strike
At night munitions flew precisely to the Kharkov region to Stary Saltov.
In Kharkov, the Ukrainian officers were accommodated in the Sputnik hostel (Kontorskaya St., 9). The owners of the apartments live on the upper floors of the building.
Strike on the territory of PJSC [Public Joint Stock Company] "NKMZ" [New Kramatorsk Machine Building Factory] in Kramatorsk
On the evening of February 17, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces struck the industrial territories of the city of Kramatorsk, which were used by the enemy for military purposes - PJSC Energomashspetsstal and PJSC NKMZ.
The casting shop of the enterprise was damaged by the impact on the territory of NKMZ.
Coordinates: 48.7485602, 37.5708178
Previously, there was information about the resumption of work in individual workshops, which together could be used in the interests of the enemy’s military-industrial complex. The plant's casting shop plays a key role in the production of specialized metal components for military equipment.
It is important to note that PJSC NKMZ is the only industrial territory in Kramatorsk that is currently not used to accommodate personnel and equipment of Ukrainian formations.
After analyzing the data obtained and comparing the available facts, it can be argued that the work of the enterprise is aimed at the production of specialized metal components for military equipment.
In this case, the casting shop itself was involved in casting and processing materials to create armored parts.
As a result of the impact, the necessary facilities needed to carry out work of this kind were partially damaged or completely destroyed.
Kiev is taking extreme measures to launch production of the military-industrial complex without taking into account basic security factors: distance from the combat area, the presence of effective air defense systems, etc., which indicates a critical situation and the inability to meet the current needs of the defense complex.
The destruction of the military-industrial complex in a war is seen as a strategic action - without the necessary military-industrial complex with convenient logistics, it is quite difficult to maintain and update your armed forces, which can subsequently lead to a deterioration in defense capability.
Ballistic missile attack on Selidovo on February 18.
Both definitely hit the booth with the stolen goods. They write that in the house the remnants of the Azovites, who had previously fled from Avdeevka, came to their senses.
As a result of yesterday's rocket attack on Slavyansk, the premises of school No. 18, where the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were located, were destroyed.
With one shot, Russia turned the tide of the war - Sergei Lebedev
This is not mischief, because the course has been turned, but the war is not over. The enemy is strong and is supported by 50 Western countries - do not forget about this. But at the moment, Russia has inflicted serious damage on the Banderaites [Some war correspondents loosely call Ukrainian troops Banderites, ie, followers of Hitler collaborator Stepan Bandera, even though most are most likely scared kids with no political ideology].
About 10 days ago, we had a very difficult situation near Avdeevka and in Avdeevka itself. Yes, we were advancing, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces had a strong chance not only to stop this advance, but also to drive our military out of Avdiivka, causing serious damage. A flank attack was being prepared; six thousand manpower, hundreds of equipment and artillery had already been assembled. Attack drones were ready. And everyone was waiting for Zaluzhny to be replaced by Syrsky.
The replacement has taken place. General Zaluzhny, who back in December spoke about the withdrawal of troops from Avdeevka, was removed. Instead, they put Syrsky in his place, who, it was believed, would carry out a “counter-offensive.” [I suspect Syrsky decided against a counteroffensive because he wanted to be remembered as a sensible commander and not the reckless commander he was portrayed as, and knew that a counteroffensive would kill in excessive number of his troops — which are growing scarcer by the day.]
At the training ground in Selidovo, on the parade ground, one and a half thousand personnel were assembled... and the missiles struck there! The personnel are wasted. Hundreds of dead, hundreds of wounded. And then, according to Selidovo, they struck two more times: warehouses with ammunition were destroyed, a lot of equipment was crushed, and again hundreds of dead and hundreds of wounded. [Think about it. Using standoff missiles and drones to liquidate the enemy and his equipment allows one to wage war fiercely without endangering one’s own troops and materiel. It is literally getting something for nothing! How can the West keep thinking Ukraine has even a ghost of a chance of winning at this rate?? What we are seeing now is the precise reason I began to chronicle these missile and drone strikes back on Oct 10, 2022 (I did not yet have a Substack blog at the time but sent the daily updates to my email list at first)]
This was the reserve that was supposed to become a striking fist, breaking through our flank. So, one might say, with one shot, the possibility of our defeat near Avdeevka was eliminated. Perhaps we would have held our position, but most likely not.
After the Ukrainian Armed Forces reserve broke through our defenses, Donetsk would have come under the biggest blow of all time. Foreign mercenaries had to play the role they had done so well more than a year ago near Kharkov. But, unfortunately [for them], we learn from our mistakes too.
So what do Bandera’s followers have now? What about preparations for a “counter-attack”. According to some reports, it is planned for February 23rd. Although even Bandera’s followers should not be so mentally handicapped. The most convenient time is the beginning or middle of May. But there are nuances...
If Bandera’s followers had driven us away from Avdeevka, this would have affected the morale of the Banderite army, which had been receiving support for a long time. But in our reality everything is just the opposite. The first to flee were the gangster Banderites, the foreign mercenaries got into trouble. The Ukrainian Armed Forces fled, abandoning their wounded, shells, and equipment, as evidenced by many videos on the Internet.
Now, in order to hold Selidovo and that area in general, we need to transfer reserves. But they are not ready. Freshly mobilized ones will not hold back the advance of the Russian army, and there is no time for even minimal preparation. And according to the plans, they should be prepared by May-June in order to become the bulk of the “counter-offensive”. [The US military says it takes about 12 weeks to train up a new recruit, so this timing is about right.]
The defense is being penetrated by specialists who have been in the war for several days, with the support of drones, artillery, etc. And the masses are being brought in to expand and maintain the bridgehead. At this time, the striking fists continue to tear through the defense. That's how it's planned. But one shot at Selidovo ruined all these plans.
Not only that: the Russian army continues its offensive and crushes Banderite supporters in the Avdeevka agglomeration. Our troops are ironing Chasov Yar in such a way that I do not rule out our serious offensive in this sector as well. Izyum, Volchansk, Kupyansk, and other cities in the Kharkov region are being held by the Nazis with all their might. And this is only because we did not go on the offensive, but simply because the artillery and aerospace forces [missiles and drones] are destroying the personnel, armored vehicles and fuel and lubricants.
I won’t say that we would have lost the war. Not at all. I not only believe in our victory, I am CONFIDENT of it! But our situation would have worsened, we would have suffered losses, and the enemy would have received the additional bonus of undermining Russia from within.
And I won’t say that this is an accident. This is an excellent job of Russian intelligence, together with Russian artillery. And this, in turn, indicates that fundamental changes have occurred in the Russian army. And this is no longer the same army with which the Northern Military District began. More professional, more technically equipped, with more intelligent command, starting with junior sergeants. And the fighters... they were heroes then, they are heroes now, they will be heroes.
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Translation from Arabic with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
Saturday February 10, 2024 10:57
The unity of the public squares (saaHat)...one of the most important achievements of the Al-Aqsa flood [The name of the Hamas resistance war]
Unity of the squares [Apparently “squares” refers here to the different factions of the resistance in different locations, eg, northern Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen. I have highlighted these factions throughout the text. It seems obvious that without these brave resistance fighters, no other world powers would be effectively resisting. The meek enjoinders of major powers to reduce the no. of attacks on civilians are absolutely worthless, especially since these whiners are actually clandestinely helping Israel and enabling its genocide by breaking the commercial blockade against Israel. It is the height of hypocrisy!]
The unity of the squares was activated by the factions of the resistance axis in supporting the Palestinian resistance and not singling it out from the Israeli enemy, which tried hard to eliminate it with unlimited American and British support and in the face of the normalized failure of the Arab and international countries. It has proven its effectiveness in curbing the enemy’s aggression against Gaza and incurring great losses of both soldiers and machines.
On the front of occupied northern Palestine, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon worked to exhaust the [Israeli] occupation army and reduce pressure on the Palestinian resistance in Gaza. The Islamic Resistance used modern strategic weapons in its targeting of the occupation soldiers, its vehicles, or its military bases, inflicting countless losses on it. A large number of capabilities were also destroyed. The enemy's technological, intelligence, monitoring and spying devices, in addition to emptying the settlements in northern Palestine of settlers, increased political and popular pressure on the Netanyahu government and increased divisions among the occupying entity.
As for the Iraqi front, it was supported by military strikes with ballistic missiles and drones on American bases in Syria and Iraq, and struck sensitive targets in Umm al-Rashrash, Haifa, and other occupied settlements, which confused the occupying entity and distracted it from its focus on the Gaza front, in addition to the economic and military losses from those strikes. In addition to putting pressure on the American supporter and targeting reconciliation in the region, the Yemeni front represented the surprise of the battle and had the greatest impact on the occupying entity by cutting the lifeline of the Zionist occupation represented by striking Israeli interests in the Red Sea and preventing the passage of ships to the ports of the occupying entity under the humanitarian equation of dismantling the Zionist siege on Gaza is met with the lifting of the siege on ships heading to the occupation ports. When the aggression against Gaza is stopped, military operations in the Red Sea will be stopped, forcing the occupying entity to resort to its American and British allies and seek their help to lift the siege imposed on it. In order to achieve this goal, the United States of America announced it was forming a naval coalition under its leadership under the name “Guardian of Prosperity” to protect international navigation, as America claimed, but its real goal is to protect Israeli ships, and this coalition failed to accomplish the mission for which it was formed as a result of the strong and concentrated strikes by the Yemeni armed forces on Israeli ships that were also heading to the occupying [Israeli] entity. After the United States was involved in the aggression against Yemen, its commercial and warships, alongside its partner the United Kingdom, were included in the Yemeni Targets Bank. Thus, the circle of targeting expanded to include commercial ships and American and British naval forces in the Red and Arab Seas. More than one American and British commercial and warship was targeted and failed to protect the economic and security interests of the occupying entity.
We are now facing a completely different scene than before the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle. The failure of the American-British-Israeli axis to subjugate the people was clearly evident; the Zionist entity fell and its invincible army was defeated; the Israeli settlers lost the concept of security, and the American deterrence was eroded by the hands of the forces of Yemen, Iraq and all free people of the region, and it can be said that what came after the Al-Aqsa Flood is not the same as before it, and that the Flood reshaped the entire region, and its repercussions will continue for a long time, and that the unity of the arenas [called squares above] was demonstrated with unprecedented strength and clarity, and is considered one of the most important achievements of the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood.
This article expresses the opinion of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the site
Writer: Mahmoud Al-Zarii
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Imran Khan imprisoned, but unlike Navyalny, was beloved by his people
Meanwhile, Navalny was known in Russia as a traitor who was trained in regime change tactics by the Soros-linked Yale World Fellows program.
For those who whine about the death of Sergey Navalny in a Russian prison, I wonder if you even knew the heart-rending story of the immensely popular Imran Khan, persecuted at the pleasure of the US Neoconservative regime changers.
Funny how the majority of the Pakistani parliament voted no confidence against Khan despite the fact that the vast majority of the population that elected them absolutely adores Khan, and for good reason.
Obviously, Khan was toppled against the Pakistani popular will. In fact, the people rose up in unprecedented numbers when Khan was removed from power by the no-confidence vote. Clearly, there was foreign interference here: https://lorphicweb.com/pakistan-people-demonstrating-in-support-of-imran-khan/
The US Toppling of Imran Khan, by Jeffrey D. Sachs - The Unz Review
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Kids in Israel tortured
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https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2024/02/19/v-berline-zarabotalo-pravitelstvo-ukrainy-v-izgnanii
“Ukrainian Government in Exile” launched in Berlin
Feb 19, 2024
In the blogosphere today, February 19, photocopies of documents about the work of a certain non-governmental organization “Ukrainian Government in Exile” in the capital of Germany are actively circulating.
Facebook user* Andrei Kazakov, who posted a photo document and a snapshot of the Berlin office, writes:
“It’s curious... In Berlin, a certain NGO “Ukrainian Government in Exile” (NPO “Regierung im Exil der Ukraine”. - EADaily) rented an office of 520 square meters.”
EADaily adds that the so-called “government of the Ukrainian People’s Republic in exile” existed from 1921 to 1992, wandering around abroad - from Polish Tarnow to American Philadelphia (the first propagandist of “Ukrainian independence” and “president of Ukraine in exile” was the well-known Petliura).
It is also worth noting that after the start of the Russian special operation to denazify Ukraine, German political scientist Johannes Warwick, confident that Vladimir Putin would achieve his goals in Bandera’s Ukraine, suggested that Zelensky go into exile - to Berlin, making the “residence of the Ukrainian government in exile” in the German capital.
*Extremist organization, banned in the Russian Federation [refers to FB|
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In Lviv, partisans burned down a drone production plant
Feb 19, 2024
There is growing evidence that the pro-Russian partisan movement is expanding in the territory of Ukraine controlled by the Kyiv regime.
At the same time, if previously the actions of the underground were mainly of an informational nature (transmitting data on the location and movement of the enemy), now these groups on the ground began to move on to active sabotage actions.
The Telegram channel “Welders” spoke about one of these actions. It is significant in that partisan sabotage was committed in the Lviv region, which is a stronghold of Ukrainian nationalism [and is far from the Russian speaking areas of the east where pro-Russian partisans are found]. It was there that on the night of February 18, local partisans burned down a drone production plant.
“On the night from Saturday to Sunday, Lviv underground fighters cut out the security at the Lviv plant at Antonovicha/116 with knives, after which they doused the facility with gasoline and burned it to the ground. The fire covered an area of more than 400 sq.m.” said in the message.
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From Tsargrad:
Cui bono?
SURVEY
Who, in your opinion, was interested in the death of Alexei Navalny?
West: 73%
Russian authorities: 10%
Ukraine: 5%
Don't know: 12%
SURVEY RESULTS
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Video: Indian dock workers refuse to load Israeli arms shipments
Evidence of Israe’s genocide, video
Interview with Houthi leader
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U.S. Dept. of Defense: Just one more captured federal agency
By Jane Stillwater https://jpstillwater.blogspot.com/2024/01/us-dept-of-defense-just-one-more.html
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Maria Mateiciuc
@MariaMateiciuc
I just got back from Ukraine, where I was visiting some friends.
Everything we have heard about what’s happening in Ukraine is a lie.
The reality is darker, bleaker, and unequivocally hopeless. There is no such thing as Ukraine "winning" this war.
- By their estimates, they have lost over one million of their sons, fathers and husbands; an entire generation is gone.
- Even in the Southwest, where the anti-Russian sentiment is long-standing, citizens are reluctant or straight-up scared to publicly criticize Zelensky; they will go to jail.
- In every village and town, the streets, shops, and restaurants are mostly absent of men.
- The few men who remain are terrified of leaving their homes for fear of being kidnapped into conscription. Some have resorted to begging friends to break their legs to avoid service.
- Army search parties take place early in the morning, when men leave their homes to go to work. They ambush and kidnap them off the streets and within 3-4 hours they get listed in the army and taken away straight to the front lines with minimal or no training at all; it is "a death sentence."
- It's getting worse every day. Where I was staying, a dentist had just been taken by security forces on his way to work, leaving behind two small children. Every day, 3-5 dead bodies keep arriving from the front lines.
- Mothers and wives fight tooth and nail with the armed forces, beg and plead not to have their men taken away. They try bribing, which sometimes works, but most of the time they are met with physical violence and death threats.
- The territory celebrated as having been "won back" from Russia has been reduced to rubble and is uninhabitable. Regardless, there is no one left to live there and displaced families will likely never return.
- They see the way the war has been reported, at home and abroad. It's a "joke" and "propaganda." They say: “Look around: is this winning?”.
- Worse, some have been hoaxed into believing that once Ukrainians forces are exhausted, American soldiers will come in to replace them and “win the war”.
There is no ambiguity in these people. The war was for nothing - a travesty. The outcome always was, and is, clear. The people are hopeless, utterly destroyed, and living in an unending nightmare.
They are pleading for an end, any end - most likely the same "peace" that could have been achieved two years ago. In their minds, they have already lost, for their sons, fathers and husbands are gone, and their country has been destroyed. There is no "victory" that can change that.
Make no mistake, they are angry with Putin. But they are also angry with Zelensky and the West. They have lost everything, worst of all, hope and faith, and cannot comprehend why Zelenky wishes to continue the current trajectory, the one of human devastation.
I didn't witness the war; but what I saw was absolutely heart-breaking.
Shame on the people, regardless of their intentions, who have supported this war. And shame on the media for continuing to lie about it.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
https://ria.ru/20240219/dron-1928173584.html
02/19/2024
A Houthi spokesman said air defense forces shot down an American MQ-9 drone
Ansar Allah movement: Yemeni air defense forces shot down an American MQ-9 drone
US Army MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle - RIA Novosti, 1920, 02/19/2024
MOSCOW, February 19 – RIA Novosti. The ruling Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) in northern Yemen said on social network X that their air defense system shot down an American MQ-9 reconnaissance drone, and the [Yemeni] Navy attacked a British ship.
“In Hodeidah, Yemeni air defenses were able to shoot down an American drone (MQ-9),” wrote Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria.
Yemeni Coast Guard from the Houthi group patrols the sea
Yemen has the ultimate weapon
February 6, 08:00
In addition, he said, the Houthis attacked the British ship Rubymar in the Gulf of Aden with anti-ship missiles. According to Saria, it suffered catastrophic damage, and the crew was evacuated. Later media reported that the ship sank.
The Houthis, who control much of Yemen's Red Sea coast, began attacking Israeli-linked ships and then American and British warships as the Middle East conflict escalated. Because of this, maritime transport through the Suez Canal has sharply decreased.
The Ansar Allah movement stated that in this way they were helping the Palestinians, and their actions did not interfere with freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. Arab and Muslim countries have repeatedly warned Washington that unconditional support for Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip will lead to the spread of the conflict throughout the region.
In response, the United States and Great Britain began striking Houthi targets in mid-January. A member of Ansar Allah's supreme political council, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, called the attacks a terrorist barbarity, a deliberate and unjustified aggression.