The Ukrainian De-Nazification Operation - Logistical Interdiction

NATO joint run bases in Ukraine. How many of these are still standing? There is a flood of Tik Tok and Instagram messages from western mercenary fanboys reporting on the situation on the ground in Ukraine. The numbers of dead mercenaries from the Russian strike on Yarovorsky was much, much larger than originally reported, possibly numbering in the many thousands. Of course, all numbers must be treated with caution. The grunts on the ground will always over-estimate their numbers. Official western sources will understate and deny. Russia will remain silent.

One can glean from these messages that Russia struck more than just the Yarvosrsky training base and logistics centre.

The western response was not long in coming. A Toscha-U ballistic missile was fired to the centre of Donestk city loaded with cluster munitions. Air defence systems struck the missile but not before the warheads had discharged. Some 20 civilians were killed and more than 30 seriously injured. Throughout this entire operation, Ukrainian forces have constantly shelled the cities and villages of the LDPR in an orgy of wanton destruction. These attacks have no military value. Ukrainian propagandists have taken the footage of missile strike and republished it in the west claiming it was a Russian missile strike on Kiev. Shameless. I dare say that the trapped front-line Ukrainian units on the Donbas contact line will shortly be made to feel very uncomfortable. Both the LDPR and Russian authorities have noted that the decision to use ballistic missiles against civilian targets was made at the very top and those responsible will be held to account. While Russia no longer has the death penalty on its statutes, both Lugansk and Donetsk do and the war crimes trials will likely be held on their blood-soaked soil. Just saying.

Conditions continue to worsen for the Azov Brigade in Mariupol. Azov are being pushed back into the centre of the city as the Russians advance. These units are likely to fight to the death as there will be no forgiveness shown them.

The Russians continue to manouver around the outskirts of Nikolaev. Ironically, the Ukrainian troops here are stretched as units have been diverted to Odessa in the south where the city authorities continue to panic about the non-existent Russian amphibious landing. Elsewhere the Russians continue to ratchet up pressure on the trapped Ukrainian units. Although it is too late to have an effect, Ukrainian president Zelensky has reshuffled his military commanders. Joint Forces Commander Oleksandr Pavliuk has been appointed the head of Kyiv Regional Military Administration. Oleksiy Kuleba will assist the military leadership, while Eduard Moskalyov will replace Pavliuk at the head of Ukraine’s military. Titanic. Deckchairs. Nearer my God to thee.

There is lots of interest on the political front. Last week the Saudi's refused to take Biden's phone call and later advised they would not participate in Russian sanctions. Saudi Arabia, once the richest Middle East oil sheikdom, is now in desperate financial straits after being forced by the US several years ago to wage an oil price war with Russia. Russia was able to weather that particular storm but it left the Saudis with their first ever budget deficit. This was followed by the disastrous Yemen war. Saudi Arabia expected the Yemeni war would be over quickly, but it has degenerated into an exhausting and costly stalemate. Yesterday Saudi Arabia announced it would be selling oil to China in Yuan. This is a major crack in the petro-dollar regime.

The story of the Polish Migs will not die. The Ukrainians announced that Poland (and others) would resupply their lost aircraft. Russian warned against this and Poland denied any intention. The US then claimed Poland would be supplying the aircaft. Poland denied again. Poland then offered to sell the requested aircraft to the US and would transfer them to the Rammstein airforce base in Germany. This of course would have implicated the US directly as an aggressor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. That would seem to have been the end of it, but no, the EU has weighed and negotiations still seem to be continuing. Perhaps the attack on Yarovorsky will be a lesson in consequences.

In response to the seemingly endless western sanctions, the Russians have announced sanctions on the following US politicians.
1. Joseph Biden (Joseph Robinette Biden) - President;
2. Anthony Blinken (Anthony John Blinken) - Secretary of State;
3. Lloyd Austin (Lloyd James Austin III) - Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff;
4. Mark Milley (Mark Alexander Milley) - something similar;
5. Jacob Sullivan (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan) - Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security;
6. William Burns (William Joseph Burns) - director of the CIA;
7. Jennifer Psaki (Jennifer Rene Psaki) - Press Secretary of the White House;
8. Daleep Singh - Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security;
9. Samantha Jane Power - Director of the Agency for International Development;
10. Hunter Biden (Robert Hunter Biden) - son of the President of the United States;
11. Hillary Clinton (Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton) - former US presidential candidate;
12. Adewale Adeyemo - First Deputy Minister of Finance;
13. Reta Jo Lewis - President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank.

The Russians presented evidence of US biological weapons research in Ukraine at the UN Security Council and the US reacted hysterically with accusations of fraud. Back in the US however, at a Congressional hearing Victoria Nuland basically admitted that yes, the US has biological 'research' facilities in the Ukraine. The Russians and Chinese are going to pursue this.

In other news, Russia has withdrawn from the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights.