POSTED BY @NSANZO ⋅ 03/07/2023
Pending the announced Ukrainian spring offensive and without news of that supposed Russian attack that, according to Ukraine and the United States, would seek to rival the one that opened the invasion of February 2022, the Ukrainian political and military agenda continues to be focused on achieving the as many weapons as possible. The speech continues to warn of the benefit that a war extended over time would bring to Russia. That seems to be the Russian strategy: to manage to keep the territory under its control by fortifying the front line and advancing, albeit slowly, on the Donbass front. Ukraine, for its part, continues to link the receipt of large quantities of Western ammunition and weapons with the idea of certain victory. The goal, according to this version,
A few days ago, like his Defense Minister, who has presented his wish list to Ded Moroz , Zelensky announced to representatives of the Republican Party the weapons that he will request from the United States, among which are the desired F-16 fighters. The possible Republican tendency to block arms shipments, something that has not happened and does not seem likely to happen in the short or medium term, is becoming one of the arguments most used by the most belligerent and warmongering voices of the Western establishment to further accelerate those deliveries.
Since early autumn, this idea has been accompanied by warnings of the danger of a Russian victory. Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates started that trend with an article published in The Washington Post in which they not only defended the need to provide Ukraine with the weapons necessary for a quick victory - something in which, within the military, even the die-hards Kiev defenders see feasible - but they boasted of having a proxywilling to die to prevent the United States from having to. This week, Zelensky has joined that idea. In one of his many interviews commemorating the start of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainian president, showing his most rueful face, once again pleaded for increased supplies. With a phrase that has been widely manipulated, Zelensky insisted on the consequences that, in his particular vision of reality, he would have a Ukrainian defeat.
A part of the American right, fundamentally that linked to Trumpism, has highlighted only a part of Zelensky's words and a fragment of just a few seconds has circulated widely on social networks in which the Ukrainian president effectively stated that "the United States will have to send its sons and daughters, in exactly the same way that we are sending our sons and daughters to war. And they will have to fight, because what we are talking about is NATO. And they will die, God forbid, because that is something horrible”. The manipulation of Zelensky's speech by removing the first part of his sentence, in which he states that "if it happens that Ukraine, due to various reasons and the weakening - exhaustion - of assistance, loses, Russia will enter the Baltic countries, They are members of NATO." has turned the fallacious argument of the Ukrainian president into a demand for US troops. Actually, the idea that Zelensky wanted to convey is the same as the Rice and Gates argument and can be summed up in that, according to this vision, any risk of escalation - even nuclear - is comparatively less dangerous than a hypothetical Russian victory in Ukraine.
Hence the need to manage to gather the necessary weapons for the long-awaited offensive on the Zarporozhie-Azov-Crimean front. It is to be expected that this was one of the main issues on the agenda of Olaf Scholz's visit to the United States, who had been pressured for weeks to allow the shipment of Leopard tanks and now to get the necessary troops together. To the surprise of Boris Pistorius, Germany's defense minister, the same countries that initially lobbied Scholz for export approval have suddenly lost interest in sending their available tanks to Ukraine. Faced with the 300-500 NATO tanks requested by Ukraine, the Alliance has promised to send around 200, a figure that would have to be made up with Soviet or post-Soviet-made tanks, easier to incorporate into battle and with fewer logistical challenges of use and maintenance. At the moment, as reportedThe New York Times , Germany and their partners are still working to find enough Leopard 2s to assemble two tank battalions, 62 pieces in all. And even Berlin's main partner in this effort, Poland, appears to have hardened its stance: Warsaw, one of the countries that lobbied hardest for German permission to send its tanks to Ukraine, now claims that it is Germany that should take the lead. responsibility.
The logistical dilemma of the delivery of NATO tanks goes beyond the willingness of the different countries to supply them, the training of tankers and the delivery itself. "Once the promised tanks arrive in battle and take a hit or break down, it's unclear which Leopards - or which country - will replace them," The New York Times posed . The possibility raised last week of installing a factory of the Rheinmetall company, manufacturer of the Leopard, in the Ukraine does not seem a viable option, since it would be an easy target for Russian missiles. For the moment, Germany seems to have begun to think about replacing the Leopards, although not those damaged or destroyed in the Ukraine but those delivered to the war. As stated last week by the Associated Press, Berlin tries to acquire Leopard 2 tanks from the Swiss arsenal to replace the ones that different countries are going to send to Ukraine, actually an incentive to encourage supply without those countries being exposed or tempted to replace their Leopards with Abrams americans.
Despite a difficult start, Ukraine is likely to expect supplies to become smoother once the effectiveness of the material is proven at the front. However, everything points to a decided commitment to a decisive blow that achieves the objectives quickly, a way of making war more similar to the American doctrine of mass fire to later introduce armored units against the current practice of systematic use. of artillery to wear down the enemy.
The idea of the need for rapid success is repeated with increasing insistence in different media and forums. This is also the approach of more moderate leaders such as Emmanuel Macron, who, despite openly stating that he seeks Russia's defeat, also adds that humiliation should not be sought from him. Macron's stance can only be considered moderate compared to the maximalist proposals from Kiev, Poland, the Baltics or the UK, which seek the complete defeat of Russia, war reparations and a military tribunal. Although the French president has not specified the real objectives, his words imply a plan that seeks to advance on Crimea and threaten its control, thus forcing Russia to give in to the demands that Kiev and its Western partners, mainly the United States,
But the fear of a long war in which the support of the different countries involved is not guaranteed even shakes the United States, a country for which the war is not causing an economic problem. Quite the contrary, the US military-industrial complex continues to grow and the benefits of the economic break between the European Union and Russia, for example in the energy sector, provide an incentive for Washington to continue along the current path. However, the United States is not willing to sustain the war - and Ukraine's economy - on its own and the European Union's ability to maintain the current level of subsidies to Kiev is questionable in the long term. Hence, the suggestion that William Burns made to Volodymyr Zelensky last January cannot be surprising. according to politician, a well-positioned outlet in the Democratic establishment , the CIA director encouraged the Ukrainian president to "make maximum progress on the front as quickly as possible because the scale of military assistance may begin to decline."
As various media have recently published, the war in Ukraine consumes a daily amount of artillery ammunition equivalent to the monthly production of the European Union's military industry, a figure that makes clear the intensity of the conflict and the demand for supplies for both Kiev as for Moscow. The uncertainty of an even longer war seems to lead Ukraine and its Western partners to seek a turning point that will determine the course of the war.
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Ukrainian terrorist caught in Belarus
March 7, 13:38
Ukrainian terrorist caught in Belarus
Lukashenka announced that the Belarusian Bloody Gabnya had detained a terrorist who launched drones at the airfield in Machulishchi. The character was hiding for some time, but he could not get away from the Chekists. Predictably, she was recruited by the Ukrainian special services.
The object of the attack was AWACS A-50, which was located at the airfield. At the time of the rally, opposition resources announced that the plane was damaged, and it would take almost a year to restore it. Then a video appeared on the network where the drone lands on the A-50 AWACS and the recording ends.
Today Alexander Lukashenko announced ( https://t.me/pul_1 ) about the arrest of the perpetrator of the terrorist act, a native of Krivoy Rog, a resident of Crimea. There he received Russian citizenship, and a Ukrainian passport remained in parallel. A typical situation for the Ukrainian SBU agents.
In 2014, the performer was recruited by the SBU, he was trained near Kiev, where he learned how to produce explosive devices.
Regarding the method of committing the terrorist act, the President has already partially voiced information about the "small drone". As I wrote earlier, everything is produced using DJI FPV controlled using VR glasses. The aircraft received almost no damage, except for minor damage to the hull.
Unfortunately, it would be very disrespectful for current colleagues to tell more, so very soon you will receive information from official sources. I can only say that during the arrest, all the heroism of the terrorist disappeared somewhere, and his first phrase was the words: “Just don’t kill, I’ll tell you everything.” Of course, you will have plenty of time.
Huge respect to the Belarusian security forces!
@belarusian_silovik - zinc
We are waiting for operational videos.
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What they are talking about on the Russian talk shows today: full war mobilization!
A month ago I was asked by a retired U.S. lieutenant colonel in a private email correspondence whether Vladimir Putin would be announcing general mobilization in his State of the Union address on 21 February. I answered with full confidence that this was unfounded speculation, that the Russian war effort was going well in the estimation of the Kremlin, that they expect the imminent capture of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), opening the way for Russia to assume full possession of the Donbas.
Indeed, the fighting in and around Artyomovsk today continues to favor the Russians, notwithstanding the latest dispatch of 10,000 or more Ukrainian army forces to keep open supply lines to their comrades in the nearly surrounded city, who number perhaps 20,000.
Meanwhile, the United States and its NATO allies have come to agreement on what further heavy equipment they can ship to Ukraine in support of Kiev’s planned counteroffensive later this spring. Several Leopard tanks have already been delivered by Poland; more are on their way from other countries. And, as Russian television has been showing for the past 24 hours, there is an enormous stock of American armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery, HIMARS launchers and other equipment now stored on the quays of the Polish port of Gdansk awaiting delivery to Ukraine.
In this context, the discussion in Washington and European capitals over how far they can go without crossing Russia’s red lines and triggering a hot war between Russia and NATO is being bypassed by events. As the latest editions of prime news and discussion programs Sixty Minutes and Evening with Vladimir Solovyov indicate, Russia’s political elites consider that these lines have been crossed, with or without delivery of the F-16 fighter jets requested by Zelensky; with or without the latest version of the Leopards or the Abrams tanks promised by the USA. The Russians also speak openly on television about the Polish, French and Italian ‘mercenaries’ whom their troops in Donbas are overhearing daily on the front lines, and there is no question but that these are in effect NATO officers, not volunteers from the street.
The ‘fog of war’ distortions and blatant propaganda over the status of the Ukraine war that we see daily in mainstream electronic and print media in the West are being cleared away by very realistic assessments of the intentions and capabilities of the sides that I now see on the aforementioned talk shows. The information being broadcast is coming from war correspondents in the field, from front line commanders themselves and from expert analysts-Duma members of various parties, as well as from among academics and think tank directors.
The Financial Times may be just a sounding board for the Zelensky regime. Sixty Minutes and the Solovyov show are far more nuanced, self-critical and helpful for the broad Russian public to understand the challenge their country is facing as it goes up against the entire U.S.-led West in economic and military warfare.
These programs are unquestionably preparing the Russian public for mobilization of the economy to a full war footing and for further call-ups of reservists and recruits to join the fight. At the same time, I see demands that the government adopt a much more repressive policy at home to purge the country of fence-sitters, implementing a policy well-known to Americans from the time of President George W. Bush: ‘you are either with us or you are against us.’
The recent cases of sabotage and attempted political assassinations within Russia perpetrated by treasonous Russian nationals or by teams of Ukrainians who passed through the porous border have given rise to demands to ‘get tough’ and follow the practices put in place by Stalin, namely summary execution of saboteurs and ‘enemies of the people.’
It must be stressed that until now the Russian government has been lenient towards its domestic critics and enemies. Western talk of an ‘authoritarian’ or ‘autocratic’ Kremlin has just been libelous propaganda. However, by encouraging the Kiev regime to deploy every kind of despicable attack on Russia up to and including use of chemical and biological weapons on the field of battle, as the Russians now report is the case, Washington is making a mockery of international law and inviting Russia to wage all-out war.
In this regard, I point to the remarks of Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko before and during his visit to Beijing a week ago: he remarked that the present moment should not be lost, that all sides should be pressuring the warring parties to declare a cease-fire and enter into peace negotiations. Lukashenko argued that Russia had not yet unleashed its military potential, had not yet mobilized its economy and its society for total war, but that was sure to come if the conflict is allowed to proceed and thus to escalate further.
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WHICH COUNTRIES ARE BUYING RUSSIAN FOSSIL FUELS?
6 Mar 2023 , 4:35 p.m.
Despite US and European "sanctions", Russian oil continues to reach many countries around the world (Photo: Stock)
A little over a year has passed since the imposition of "sanctions" on Russia following the Special Military Operation (OME) in Ukraine and fossil fuels continue to flow to various nations around the world, even as the blockade focused on the country's energy eurasian.
Zero Hedge collects that, according to estimates from the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), since the start of the war Russia has obtained more than 315 billion dollars in income from exports of fossil fuels worldwide, of which of which almost half—149 billion dollars—comes from European Union (EU) countries, which together with the United States carried out the largest "sanctioning" package.
Who are the biggest buyers? As expected, China leads the list of importers of Russian energy. Germany, the EU's largest economy, is the second largest buyer of Russian fossil fuels, largely due to its imports of natural gas, worth more than $12 billion.
In third place and very close to Germany is Türkiye, a member of NATO but not of the EU, which is projected to be the second buyer because it is not part of the bloc and, therefore, is not subject to its rules.
Other data:
*EU bans and price caps have resulted in a decline in daily fossil fuel revenues of almost 85%, falling from its March 2022 peak of $774 million per day to $119 million as of 22 September. February 2023.
*Although India has increased its imports of fossil fuels, from 3 million dollars a day on the first day of the OME to 81 million dollars a day from *February 22 of this year, this increase does not go as far as to compensate the hole of 655 billion dollars left by reduced imports from EU nations.
*African nations have doubled their imports of Russian fuel since December last year.
A long with reductions in EU purchases, a key contributing factor has been the fall in the price of Russian crude. From 99 dollars a barrel it went to 50 today.
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Experts Question Unusual Silence Over Nord Stream Blasts
A segment of the Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia and Germany | Photo: Twitter/ @billrobs
Published 7 March 2023
The German government has refrained from talking about the explosions. At the same time, German media have widely moved to discredit Hersh's article.
Despite their own heavy losses, European countries -- especially Germany -- have unanimously kept silent over the blasts that destroyed the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines last September and subsequent investigations.
Since veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh exposed the U.S. involvement in the explosions on the portal Substack last month, more and more experts have questioned Europe's atypical, collective silence.
According to Hersh, a U.S. Pulitzer Prize winner, the U.S. Navy divers last June planted the remotely triggered explosives that destroyed three of the four Nord Stream pipelines months later.
Germany, has been particularly affected by the energy crisis due to the end of gas supplies from Russia. However, the German government has refrained from talking about the explosions. At the same time, German media have widely moved to discredit Hersh's article.
Once proven that the pipelines were indeed blasted by the United States, it would overturn the European public's recognition of the current narratives by the West, which claimed that European infrastructure was "under the threat of Russia," said Li Xing, professor of development and international relations at Denmark's Aalborg University.
That the U.S. Navy was involved in the Nord Stream pipelines explosions last year, as discovered by Hersh, was an "economic war" against its submissive allies in Europe, Jan Oberg, the director of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research.
"One must wonder when the Europeans will wake up and finally understand that they no longer share interests with the U.S.," he stressed.
Croatian security expert Mirko Vukobratovic said that the alleged involvement of the U.S. Navy in the September 2022 Nord Stream explosions was "not impossible."
The U.S. has the most to gain from the destruction of the pipelines, said Josep Puigsech, a political expert at the Barcelon Autonomous University. "I increasingly believe that the incident that led to the breaking of the gas pipeline was the result of a U.S. action," he pointed out.
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Russia rules out peaceful solution to conflict in Ukraine
In early March, China laid out its 12-point plan for a Ukrainian deal. | Photo: Novosti estuary
Published 7 March 2023
The declarations by volcero Peskov occur when the Russian forces advance in the capture of the town of Bakhmut (Artiomovsk for Russia), in eastern Ukraine.
Russia does not see, for now, a way to switch to peace talks on Ukraine in the proposal made a couple of weeks ago by China, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
However, the presidential spokesman stressed that the Kremlin "pays great attention to Beijing's opinion on the Ukraine crisis", although he insisted that at present there are no prerequisites for the situation to move in a peaceful direction.
Peskov's statements come as Russian forces advance in the capture of the town of Bakhmut (Artiomovsk for Russia), in eastern Ukraine, which is considered a key piece to continue advancing towards other areas currently under the control of Ukrainian troops. .
Artiomovsk is a key city of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Donbas that has been the scene of heavy fighting in recent months.
The commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Valeri Zaluzhny, and the commander of the country's Land Forces, Alexander Syrski, advocated on Monday for keeping their troops in the city.
Russian troops have advanced north and south of the town in recent weeks, cutting off three of the four Ukrainian supply routes.
On the other hand, spokesman Peskov pointed out that Moscow "seeks to fulfill its tasks and achieve its objectives through the further implementation of a New World Order."
He was asked how much, in the Kremlin's view, the proposed action plan on Ukraine proposed by Beijing could affect the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
In early March, China laid out its 12-point plan for a Ukrainian deal. On March 7, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang told a press conference that a solution to the Ukraine crisis is possible only on the basis of peaceful negotiations and taking into account the concerns of all stakeholders. .
However, both the Russians, the Ukrainians and the Western powers have considered the proposal insufficient and hostilities have continued.
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Stoltenberg visits Obama at the White House 21/10/2011. Gadaffi was liquidated the day before 20/10/2011 in Libya.
Why is Norway the glove that fits the USA’s hand?
Originally published: steigan.no on February 28, 2023 by Pål Steigan (more by steigan.no) | (Posted Mar 06, 2023)
In the sequel to his revelation of Norway’s and USA’s role in blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines, Seymour Hersh addresses the long standing tradition of Norway’s secret and illegal collaboration with USA. He shows that Norway played a key role in carrying out the provocation which gave USA the pretext to bring about the Vietnam War, a war which ended with more than three million dead and an outrageous number of maimed and injured in Vietnam and its neighbouring countries.
This undeniably raises the question of what role Norway has played for USA’s imperialism in the period following the Second World War. As is well known, Norway also supported the USA and the western powers in the Korean War and contributed, among other things, through Norwegian ships transporting American soldiers to Korea. The Korean War resulted in at least 2.5 million people dead.
Norway’s role as the world’s largest shipping nation probably played an important role here, but this will form the subject of another article. What we can establish is that there has been very close cooperation between Norway and the USA since the Second World War, which has included secret military operations and surveillance of its own citizens for the benefit of the United States, Operation Gladio and so on.
The oil wealth ushered in a new era
As Norway became an oil nation, our country moved up into the imperialist first division. Oil is the number one strategic commodity, and as is well known, the control over international oil trade has been the mainstay for maintaining the dollar as the world’s reserve currency since 1971 in the form of the petrodollar.
Norway’s role in the western U.S. led system was further elevated when oil revenues took off seriously. Today, the «Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global», as it is so misleadingly called, is the world’s largest sovereign investment fund and the world’s largest single shareholder. The fund owns 1.5 percent of the world’s listed shares. We are the Qatar of Europe.
And like Qatar, we have been central in financing a whole series of imperialist wars. Norwegian governments have developed a very special preference for generosity when it comes to imperialist projects, a generosity that Norwegian citizens do not share. More often than not, billions are poured out without foundation in any political process or democratic debate here at home—also often without concrete support in Parliament.
The prime minister, either it being Solberg or Støre, simply shows up at international forums obliging Norway to deliver x number of billion kroner for this or for that. And then primarily towards projects supporting U.S. imperialism.
Norway financed the civil war in The Sudan
Norway spent NOK 13 billion in aid creating the state of South Sudan , as the author Bibiana Dahle Piene describes in her book “Norge i Sudan—På bunnen av sola” (Norway in the Sudan—At the bottom of the sun), as a pure Klondike for the NGOs. They went so far that the Sudanese authorities themselves did not care to build their own systems and institutions. The money—and the workers—always came from outside, usually from Norway.
In the book The International Breakthrough, Professor Terje Tvedt showed us how the transition from a solidarity mindset, to an aid mindset, has cleared the way for an aid industry counting in the billions.
The same thoughts have formed the basis when Norway has given billions of NOK to «save the rainforest», without it being possible to demonstrate any significant effect—disregarding corrupt politicians and scheming speculators, in countries such as Indonesia and Brazil, becoming filthy rich.
The total Norwegian aid budget is approaching an annual NOK 40 billion (4 Billion USD). Also here, «climate» is emerging as the most important investment area. The Solberg government planned to spend approximately NOK 4.8 billion on climate, environment and oceans in 2019. But there is hardly an adequate administration to handle the use of these enormous sums, or for that matter, to ensure any quality of the results.
What is known, however, is that Norway has contributed to creating some gigantic fortunes in the recipient countries, such as, for instance in Angola. In the period from 1999 to 2017, Norway granted NOK 208 million in state-to-state aid to Angola, i.e. money which was managed by the public sector, more precisely by President José Eduardo dos Santos. In total, Norway has given NOK 3.2 billion in aid to Angola. Isabel dos Santos, the president’s daughter, is now accused of greedily helping herself from the country’s treasury to build her own business empire. Her estimated fortune is now 2.2 billion USD, and she stands accused of having built it through corruption and fraud according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists .
And so we could continue. We don’t know whether the aid works as it is said it should, but we do know that many people have become very rich from it. This applies to corrupt leaders in the «third world», but it also applies to involved financial institutions and the aid organisations own consulting industry.
Without democratic process, Stoltenberg and Støre decided to bomb Libya
On 19 March 2011, the Prime Minister’s Office (SMK) issued a short press release. It read like this:
Norway is ready to send up to 6 F-16 fighter jets to participate in the enforcement of Security Resolution 1973, says Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
With that, Norway entered a war against Africa’s best functioning and most prosperous country. And more than that, Norway was the leading country in NATO’s bombing campaign. Norway, the red-green government and the Labour Party leaders Jens Stoltenberg and Jonas Gahr Støre bear a significant responsibility for the destruction of Libya leaving it in the hands of jihadist terrorists. They committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, and should be brought before an international war crimes tribunal.
The decision to wage war against Libya was not made by the government. The decision was made in an informal meeting at the prime minister’s residence. In addition to Prime Minister Stoltenberg, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence and a representative from the intelligence services attended. Stoltenberg then called his government coalition partners in SV and the Center Party on his mobile phone pressuring them to accept the bombing and obtain an OK from the opposition.
There is good reason to assume that this was done at the request of Hillary Clinton, then Secretary of State in the United States and the prime protagonist for war against Libya.
When accounts are settled, we know that Norway was the leading bombing nation and that «we» are responsible for the killing of unknown tens of thousands of people and the destruction of Africa’s best functioning and most prosperous country. Jens Stoltenberg was awarded for his efforts by being given the position of Secretary General of NATO.
And of course we have not forgotten that Norway, through the «Oslo Agreement», has contributed greatly to crushing the Palestinian liberation struggle and turning the Palestinian authorities into obedient bound dogs of imperialism through the «donor group’s» control.
17 billion NOK for the war against Syria—without audit or control
Together with Qatar, Norway became one of the biggest investors in the war to destroy Syria. This has cost Norway a total of more than NOK 15 billion as of today.
Norway spent 15 billion on Syria aid—the National Audit Office will check the use of money
We don’t have any figures showing how much Norway’s destruction of Libya cost, but it is quite obvious that Norway was at the forefront destroying the country with its bombs.
Billions to Gates, Clinton and the pharmaceutical industry
Norway and Saudi Arabia were the biggest donors to the Clinton Foundation. The Clinton Foundation: Part 3: Norway’s contribution to the fund
Norway’s largest donor to Bill Gates and Gavi. Erna Solberg gives 13 billion tax kroner to the Gates alliance
The EU and Norway will allocate 85 billion for a vaccine against covid-19
Shortly following the coup d’état in Ukraine in 2014, Norway poured hundreds of millions of NOK over the Kiev regime without the possibility of, for example the National Audit Office, having any oversight where the money has gone. And in 2022 we could read that Støre would beat Solberg’s record gifts by a good margin: the Ukraine bill has increased to almost NOK 14 billion—where will we make the cuts?
And now he has topped this again. With the support of all parties in the Parliament (Storting), Støre has decided to inject another 75 billion Norwegian tax kroner into the war against Russia in Ukraine.
Tamed and disciplined left—Political operators and agents of influence
Few public documents have played, and play, such an important role as Stortingsmelding 15 (2008—2009). It is entitled Interests, responsibilities and opportunities Main lines in Norwegian foreign policy , and is probably the most important program document left behind by the red-green government of Jens Stoltenberg.
The NGOs are incorporated into the power apparatus of the imperialist state
Professor Terje Tvedt has made a thorough study of the ideological change in Norway and the Norwegian public in its relationship with the outside world. Here we have previously shown how the «voluntary organisations» have been co-opted by the state and transformed into tools enforcing Norwegian politics, and especially Norwegian foreign policy.
In 2003, Terje Tvedt wrote:
The very close collaboration between the state, voluntary organizations and research institutes is described as «The Norwegian model». In 2003, several thousand employees in the state administration, in around 150 voluntary organisations, at research institutes and universities were linked in to Norwegian politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
In parliamentary notice (Stortingsmelding) 15, the Stoltenberg government writes:
While in the past a distinction was made between voluntary aid organizations and political organizations such as Amnesty International, and No to Nuclear Weapons, now the vast majority of voluntary organizations are political operators and influence agents in addition to being operational aid actors. Collected funds are used in close collaboration with the media and international media personalities to maximize visibility and political influence. At the same time, they collaborate ever closer and more often with government actors and the business world. Globalisation, with the associated media and communication revolution, has led to a considerable increase in these actors’ ability to network and influence politics across borders and actors. (Our edition, ed.)
This is a very precise description of how the so-called aid organizations have functioned as an external agency for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to realize Norway’s imperialist interests. This applies not least to the Norwegian Red Cross, Norwegian People’s Aid, Norwegian Refugee Council, Church Aid, Save the Children and CARE Norway, as well as NORWAC and other similar organisations.
These organizations also present employment and career opportunities for large parts of the petty-bourgeois left in Norway, and it has also been shown that they to a very large extent have absorbed the ideology and mindset of imperialism. The same applies to the largely state-supported media in Norway.
Therefore, it is no coincidence that Norway today has the most militaristic leftists in Europe, and possibly the world.
In short, Norway is ideally equipped to be the glove that perfectly fits the USA’s hand, and therefore it may come as no surprise, if finally it is documented that Norway has been involved in a serious act of war against Germany and Russia, which blowing up the Nord Stream is. Unfortunately, this is what Norway has become.
Translated from the original: Hvorfor er Norge hansken som passer på USAs hånd? Translation by Erik Skjold.
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“Hurry up the world” - the inhabitants of Lisichansk are trying to cope with the difficulties of life in the front-line city of
Lysichansk - a front-line city closed to entry, the press and other outside civilians were no longer allowed here. Just 11 km from it is Belogorovka, where fierce battles are now taking place. Artillery and HIMARS are very often shelled here, and enemy DRGs are operating in the nearby forests.
For security reasons, the Internet is turned off here, cellular communication does not work well, and at night there is no lighting on the streets. Electricity, gas and water supply has not been fully restored. However, people are returning to their hometown. New shops are opening, the market is open.
Vitaly is a security guard in a small shopping center in Lisichansk. Despite all the difficulties, he is happy that there is an opportunity to work, and is grateful for the humanitarian aid that is often brought to the city.
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Lukashenko about Zelensky:
“I somehow thought that Ukraine needs peace, that Zelensky is rooting for his people. President Zelensky is just a nit. Just nit! Such operations are not carried out without the consent of the head of the country and the commander in chief. <...>
Nits because he runs around Belarus, sends people to us and asks, as I said: "Let's conclude a non-aggression pact, let's agree, we don't have any problems."
To which I said: "We are not going to attack." - "No, let's sign a treaty under the auspices of the United Nations that you will not attack us." You have heard my all these statements. And at this time… Well, the challenge has been thrown” (c) Alexander Lukashenko
However, this was obvious even without the terrorist attacks in Belarus.
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On the eve of the spring holiday, International Women's Day, which no matter how hard they tried, but could not be canceled in Ukraine, we decided to support the Ukrainian anti-war movement! We, the beautiful half of humanity, have been given a gift by God - to give life! And no one has the right to take it away. Especially to please the politicians and oligarchs who led our country to war back in 2014.
Today grief has knocked on every Ukrainian family. A father, brother, son, or husband is dead. A free cross, a coffin, a veil and a name plate, that's what we get instead of our relatives. Almost every day, unit commanders order dominoes and plastic bags for fighters that their loved ones will never see again.
Men are prohibited from leaving the country, in violation of all international laws. They are forcibly sent to war, which ordinary Ukrainians absolutely do not need! Defense Minister Reznikov says the mobilization will continue, which means families will continue to experience grief.
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About the first possible use of the Ukrainian OTRK "Grom-2" in the Crimea - analysis of Rybar and the Military ChronicleOn March 4, around 16.00, Ukrainian formations tried to strike at the Crimean airfield of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Gvardeisky . Air defense units repelled the raid: there were no casualties, debris fell outside military facilities.
According to various sources, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used a Tu-141 Strizh jet drone equipped with a “homemade” explosive device with striking elements. It is believed that the Soviet-type UAV was shot down on approach to the airfield. But we have reason to believe that it was not the Swift.
For what reason?Judging by the footage, a funnel up to five meters deep formed at the crash site: a UAV with a small warhead could hardly have caused such a strong detonation.
Swifts are mainly intended for pinpoint strikes against aviation bases or ammunition depots, as was the case during the attacks on Engels . For such purposes, a high power charge is not required. Yes, a funnel could appear when falling into soil with loose soil, but in this particular case the situation may be different.
What is "Thunder"?The Armed Forces of Ukraine could use the Grom-2 operational-tactical missile system of their own production to shell Crimea. On the eve of the strike, the Ukrainian media dispersed the news about the successful development of the OTRK, exceeding the capabilities of the American HIMARS MLRS.
According to our information, the crew of the Grom-2 OTRK could launch a ballistic missile from the area of the village of Tuzla in the Odessa region. The distance to Gvardeisky was about 320 km, and the warhead from a ballistic missile weighing 480 kg could easily leave a funnel of such depth. At the same time, the maximum launch range of this complex can be 500 kilometers.
Is it possible?At the enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, they actively developed products of their own production even before the start of the SVO. However, industrialists constantly had problems both when working on the Alder MLRS and the Grom OTRK - most of the tests were not successful .
Against the backdrop of the ongoing SVO, the West intensified its own Ukrainian developments: specialists joined the case, began to import spare parts, components and circuits. A similar "modernization" affected the Kharkov factories "Khartron" and "Kommunar" , where missile weapons were being developed.
Alder is also supplied to combat units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: an improved multiple launch rocket system based on the Soviet Smerch MLRS. Two launchers are on the balance sheet of the 15th Regiment in Blagodatnoye , and two more are in service with the 107th Reabr in Seversk in the DPR. The same thing is happening with Grom: at the moment, the OTRK is being tested.
What's next?The longer the operation in Ukraine drags on, the more new weapons appear in the ranks of the Ukrainian army. This is a completely logical turn in the development of the conflict, therefore, so far, trial strikes by the OTRK are not surprising. The presence of Ukrainian-
made short or medium-range systems and strikes against Russian territories will make it much easier to justify further deliveries of American long-range ATACMS missiles to HIMARS and cruise missiles. High resolution map English version @rybar with @milchronicles
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Fighting also continues on the southern outskirts of the city near Independence Street , as well as in the southwest near the Lesnoye cooperative and the MiG-17 stella.
Front-line summary for the morning of 03/11/2023
Over the past two days, the paratroopers of the 25th brigade lost 20 people killed and 32 wounded .
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