Russia reveals number of killed and injured troops in Ukraine

Nearly 500 of its soldiers have died amid the offensive in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry revealed

Some 498 servicemen have been killed and nearly 1,600 have been wounded during the ongoing attack on Ukraine, Russia’s military claimed on Wednesday.

The Defense Ministry refuted reports that there have been “countless” casualties during the conflict to date, branding them deliberate disinformation originating from the adversary.

According to Russian military estimates, Ukrainian army units and far-right paramilitaries have reportedly lost at least 2,870 soldiers, while a further 3,700 have received various wounds. Some 572 Ukrainian servicemen were taken prisoner, the ministry added.

https://www.rt.com/russia/551084-military-fatalities-in-ukraine/

Following Wisconsin Justice Gableman’s Explosive Testimony on Democrat Election Fraud – Amistad Project Ties Zuckerbucks to Nursing Home Voter Fraud

On Tuesday morning the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections held an informational hearing on the Gableman 2020 Election Report featuring invited speakers Special Counsel and Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman and Attorney Eric Kaardal.

During his opening testimony, Justice Gableman listed a series of unlawful acts that took place during the 2020 presidential election. Justice Gableman then called for the decertification of the 2020 presidential election results in the state.

Justice Michael Gableman: Our recommendations are fairly predictable considering what we just covered… The elimination of WEC (Wisconsin Election Commission)… At this point, I believe the legislature ought to take a very hard look at the option of decertification of 2020 Wisconsin Presidential Election.

This was explosive news! A former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice was calling for decertification of results based on NUMEROUS instances of voter fraud in the state!

Now this…

Following Justice Gableman’s testimony on Wednesday, The Amistad Project released video of Phil Kline’s interview with election clerk Linda Sinkula in September 2021. This interview led to extensive investigations into election irregularities at Wisconsin nursing homes.

The Amistad Project also connected Zuckerberg money to the “voter navigators” — partisan activists who assisted voters – as well as partisan targeting of voters by government entities for enhanced get-out-the-vote efforts.

Madison, Wisconsin/March 1, 2022 — In response to Special Counsel Michael Gableman’s testimony before Wisconsin state lawmakers today, during which he played clips of recorded interviews with Wisconsin nursing home residents and their families, The Amistad Project released video footage of the explosive interview that first tipped investigators off to the existence of voting irregularities in Wisconsin nursing homes.

The Amistad Project became aware of irregularities in Wisconsin nursing homes after Phill Kline interviewed an election clerk on September 27. In that interview, Linda Sinkula indicated that she had concerns that it “wouldn’t be a fair election” due to the influence of private funding, and stated that one of her colleagues “knew how the outcome was going to come in November” after learning that people came in and systematically registered residents and apparently voted for residents who do not normally vote. Under state law, Special Voting Deputies, one from each party, are required to be present to assist nursing home residents with absentee ballots.

“From that interview, Amistad continued its investigation into nursing homes, and these videos are the fruits of that investigation,” said Phill Kline, director of The Amistad Project. “It is now possible to share that original interview, which led to extensive investigations that uncovered significant evidence of wrongdoing.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/huge-following-wisconsin-justice-gablemans-explosive-testimony-democrat-election-fraud-amistad-project-ties-zuckerbucks-nursing-home-voter-fraud/

Wisconsin Republican Leaders Call for Emergency Meeting with All County GOP Leaders Following Explosive Report by Justice Gableman Calling for Decertification of 2020 Election Results

On Tuesday morning the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections held an informational hearing on the Gableman 2020 Election Report featuring invited speakers Special Counsel and Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman and Attorney Eric Kaardal.

During his opening testimony, Justice Gableman listed a series of unlawful acts that took place during the 2020 presidential election. Justice Gableman then called for the decertification of the 2020 presidential election results in the state.

Justice Michael Gableman: Our recommendations are fairly predictable considering what we just covered… The elimination of WEC (Wisconsin Election Commission)… At this point, I believe the legislature ought to take a very hard look at the option of decertification of 2020 Wisconsin Presidential Election.

The testimony obviously shook Republican leaders in the state.

On Wednesday morning Wisconsin State Republican Leaders, including Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, called for an emergency meeting on March 16th in Stevens Point to discuss the next steps on this explosive development by Justice Gableman.

It would be nice to have a FEW THOUSAND patriots there outside the building to let the GOP leaders know how they feel about stolen elections!

County Chairs and Vice Chairs-

As I have been traveling around the states County Chairs have requested a dialogue with legislative leaders in person to have a frank conversation. We have been able to make schedules work for a meeting of the County Chairmen on the evening of March 16th in Stevens Point. It will run from 6:30pm till 9pm.

This is for county chairs and vice chairs only. The meeting will include a legislative report and discussion with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, followed by discussion of direction and priorities of the Republican Party moving forward in the eight months until Election Day.

>We are aware that this is not as much notice as we all would like, and I know some of you may be upset and vocal when more advanced notice is not given, but balancing schedules at this time of year is difficult and it was a question of whether to have a meeting or not. We chose to have the meeting. We have a great opportunity to take our state back, but we need to work together to get this done. I hope this meeting gives a chance to be on the same page as we move towards November.

Please RSVP at the form below so we can make the appropriate arrangements for those in attendance.

RSVP:

https://www.eventbrite.com/…. (link hidden by TGP)

When:

Wed, March 16, 2022

6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Where:

Holiday Inn Stevens Point

1001 Amber Avenue

Stevens Point, WI 54482

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/breaking-wisconsin-republican-leaders-call-emergency-meeting-county-gop-leaders-following-explosive-report-justice-gableman-calling-decertification-2020-election-results/

Russia’s largest bank leaves EU

The announcement comes as a number of the country’s financial institutions become subject to heavy sanctions

Russia’s key state bank has revealed that it will pull out of the European Union’s financial markets, citing threats to the safety of employees and its branches in the wake of Moscow’s attack on Ukraine.

In a statement on Wednesday, Sberbank announced that the decision had been made as a result of its subsidiary banks facing “an abnormal outflow of funds.” The financial giant also claimed that its employees and branches were under threat.

“Due to the instruction of Russia’s Central Bank, Sberbank [Russia] will not be able to supply liquidity to its European subsidiaries,” the notice read, after the institution took measures to preserve its foreign currency.

However, it offered reassurances that its subsidiary banks had “a high level of capital and quality of assets,” and that customer deposits were “insured in line with local legislation.”

The departure of Russia’s largest lender from the EU does not impact its business in Switzerland, which it said is continuing to operate normally, as it has “a sufficient level of capital and assets to continue its activities.”

Sberbank had been operational in a number of EU member states, including Germany, Austria, Croatia, and Hungary, and boasted European assets worth €13bn (over $14.4bn) at the end of 2020.

Brussels revealed on Wednesday that the EU had disconnected embargoed Russian banks from the global payment network SWIFT. A number of major lenders, including VTB and Rossiya, are subject to the cut-off. However, Sberbank and Gazprom are not on the list for now because they are the key channels for payments for Moscow’s oil and gas, on which Europe heavily relies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine last Thursday, after the leaders of the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, recently recognized by Russia as sovereign states, appealed for assistance in relation to what they said was a sharp spike in “aggression” from Kiev’s armed forces. According to Putin, the aim of Moscow’s offensive is to “demilitarize” and “denazify” the country.

https://www.rt.com/russia/551075-largest-bank-leaves-eu/

An Honest Mistake: Joe Biden’s Face Appears in Live TV Report about Elderly Man Accused of Touching a Young Girl

A viral video is making the rounds online after Joe Biden’s face was perfectly timed on the screen as an Action News TV correspondent reported on a 71-year-old man who inappropriately touched a 12-year-old girl at the Walmart in West Mifflin on Sunday.

WTAE Channel 4 news team accidentally showed Joe Biden’s face while reporting for an alleged child predator.

The news team immediately switched the camera to another anchor who looked totally shocked and baffled.

Washington Examiner reported:

A viral clip showed a poorly timed graphic of President Joe Biden appearing at the same time a Pittsburgh-area news anchor began reporting about an elderly man accused of inappropriately touching a 12-year-old girl.

The mishap happened in a flash, as the WTAE Channel 4 news team transitioned from a story about a robbery at a Giant store in Eagle Squirrel Hill.

As the camera shot shifted from b-roll at the grocery store to a desk anchor, a graphic appeared in the top-left corner advertising Biden’s State of the Union address set to take place Tuesday evening. But what the anchor reported was not about the president.

“A 71-year-old man was accused of inappropriately touching a 12-year-old girl at the Walmart in West Mifflin Sunday afternoon,” she said. Toward the end of those remarks, a split-second camera angle change showed what appeared to be a troubled-looking colleague before it returned to the anchor sans the Biden graphic.

A clip was posted to social media, which led to a round of jests and mockery at Biden’s expense.

This is nothing new for those paying attention.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/oops-joe-bidens-face-appears-live-tv-report-elderly-man-accused-touching-young-girl-video/

CDC Releases International Data on Risk of Myocarditis Caused by mRNA Covid-19 Vaccines

Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines Currently Approved or Authorized in the United States

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/covid-19-vaccines-us.html

Apple & Google Payment Systems Block Russians, Causing Chaos In Moscow Metro System

Russians attempting to use Apple Pay and Google Pay found that their access had been blocked, causing chaos in the Moscow Metro system.

Irish journalist Jason Corcoran tweeted the following image, which shows long queues at the Moscow metro station after both payment systems stopped working for Russians.

“Apple Pay and Google Pay no longer work on Moscow’s metro system, leading to long queues as people fumble about for cash,” tweeted Corcoran.

Following heavy economic sanctions imposed on Moscow, people with Russian bank cards are now blocked from using the payment services, including Samsung Pay.

“Customers at a number of banks in Russia can no longer use their bank cards with Google Pay and Apple Pay due to newly-imposed financial sanctions on the country,” reports the Verge, noting that such payment methods are less popular in Russia than they are in the west.

“While customers can still use bank cards from these institutions within Russia, they’ll no longer work abroad or when making online payments to stores and services belonging to countries that issued sanctions on Russia,” states the report.

Wary of the impact sanctions will have on the Russian economy, the country has experienced bank runs, with people rushing to ATMs to withdraw large amounts of cash.

“Giving the keys of our lives to companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and the digital world is the biggest mistake for mankind,” remarked one respondent to the story.

In a related story, domain service company Namecheap has also banned Russians from using their service.

Presumably, the company will also be severing all ties with Saudi customers given Saudi Arabia’s bombardment of Yemen.

Or maybe not.

Aside from any argument about the rights and wrongs of the Russia-Ukraine war, the story underscores how allowing Big Tech corporations the power to control payment systems based on moral judgments is a dangerous game.

If these entities continue to seek to create monopolies over sectors of the economy, what happens when such systems become the only available payment option?

Uber already blocks people from ordering a taxi if they have previously refused to wear a face mask in some instances.

In our collective dystopian, social credit score future, what’s to stop Apple and Google blocking your ability to pay for something if you voted for the ‘wrong’ political party or got banned from social media over an ‘offensive’ post?

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/apple-google-payment-systems-block-russians-causing-chaos-moscow-metro-system

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/apple-google-payment-systems-block-russians-causing-chaos-moscow-metro-system

EU Hits Belarus With New Sanctions As Pentagon Says "No Indication" Its Troops In Ukraine

On Wednesday the European Union approved fresh sanctions on Belarus for its role in facilitating the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started last Thursday. While from the start there have been conflicting reports over the extent to which Belarus actually has forces or military assets on the ground inside Ukraine, it's clear that Minsk allowed its territory to be used as a staging ground for Russian forces to come from the north.

"The sanctions target Belarusian officials and military personnel that the EU says were involved with Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, according to a tweet from the French presidency of the EU," The Hill reports.

The French statement further specified the actions are against “Certain sectors of the Belarusian economy, in particular the wood, steel and potash sectors."

This follows the initial EU announcement Sunday that it would soon impose penalties on "Belarusians helping the Russian war effort."

"Lukashenko's regime is complicit in this vicious attack against Ukraine. So we will hit Lukashenko's regime with a new package of sanctions," EU President Ursula von der Leyen had stated previously.

The fresh sanctions correspond with the US Treasury also targeting some top Belarusian officials.

Ukrainian officials themselves have widely alleged the presence of Belarusian forces assisting in the invasion. "Belarusian troops have entered Chernihiv region. The information was confirmed to the public by Vitaliy Kyrylov, spokesman for the North Territorial Defense Forces. More details later," Ukraine's parliament information service tweeted earlier.

Belarus had been swift to reject the accusations, with President Lukashenko asserting, "No decisions were made by me." He added: "And without my decision, these units cannot even be withdrawn from the barracks."

According to Politico, the Pentagon and US intelligence has yet to see evidence that Belarusian forces are directly involved inside Ukraine's territory:

In Washington, a U.S. defense official briefing reporters said the U.S. had "no confirmation that the Belarusians are entering Ukraine, we’ve seen no indication of that."

And Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko denied that his country’s military has joined Russia’s attack.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/eu-hits-belarus-new-sanctions-pentagon-says-no-indication-troops-ukraine